KLHK Found 86 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Sumatra (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 86 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 86 detected hotspots, 2 points have a high confidence level, 83 points are medium scale, and 1 point is low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in West Sumatra with 21 points. Bengkulu ranks second with 13 hotspots. East Nusa Tenggara is in third place with 9 hotspots.

A total of 8 hotspots were detected in Jambi, followed by East Java with 7 hotspots, and Aceh and South Sumatra each having 5 and 4 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature compared to its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of clustered hotspots in an area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellite detection is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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