KLHK: Indonesia Recorded 307 Hotspots in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, 12 May 2026)
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According to the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the past 24 hours detected 307 hotspots across Indonesia. This figure increased by 138 points compared to the previous period.
The data was obtained from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (12/5/2026) at 11:21 WIB. Of the 307 detected hotspots: 6 had high confidence level, 294 medium confidence, and 7 low confidence.
Hotspot confidence is divided into 3 tiers: low (0-29), medium (30-79), high (80-100). Higher hotspot confidence indicates greater likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in the area.
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Most hotspots were recorded in East Kalimantan (43 points), followed by North Maluku (41 points) and South Sumatra (30 points).
28 hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, 18 in East Nusa Tenggara, while Riau and North Kalimantan recorded 14 and 13 hotspots respectively.
A hotspot is a coordinate point where surface temperature is higher than its surrounding area; it does not directly equal the count of fire incidents.
However, dense clusters of hotspots in an area indicate active forest and land fires. Remote satellite hotspot detection remains the most effective method for large-scale wildfire monitoring.
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