Ministry of Environment and Forestry Finds 542 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Sunday, September 14, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 542 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 79 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imaging accessed on Sunday (September 14, 2025) at 11:41 AM WIB. Of the 542 detected hotspots, 16 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 511 points are medium scale, and 15 points are 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 probability of forest and land fires occurring in a certain area.

(Read: Indications of Forest and Land Fire Area in East Kalimantan until June 2025)

Most hotspots were detected in East Nusa Tenggara with 139 points. East Java ranked second with the highest number of hotspots at 93 points. West Nusa Tenggara was in third place with 59 hotspots.

A total of 56 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by Central Sulawesi with 47 hotspots, and East Kalimantan and Maluku each had 23 and 21 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points 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 for large areas.

(Read: Due to Forest and Land Fires, ARI in South Kalimantan Reached 189 Thousand Cases as of September 2023)