1,263 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, September 20, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 1,263 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 769 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (20/9/2025) at 11:06 AM Western Indonesian Time. Of the 1,263 detected hotspots, 42 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 1195 points are medium scale, and 26 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 likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan with 451 points. East Nusa Tenggara ranks second with the most hotspots, with 152 points. East Kalimantan is in third position with 139 hotspots.

A total of 66 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by Aceh with 64 hotspots, and East Java and South Sulawesi each having 60 and 52 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature than 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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