Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 193 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, March 9, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours detected 193 hotspots in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 183 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Monday (March 9, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 193 detected hotspots, 2 have a high confidence level, 176 are medium scale, and 15 are low scale.

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

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The most hotspots were detected in Aceh, with 75 points. Riau ranks second with 30 hotspots, followed by West Kalimantan in third place with 20 hotspots.

19 hotspots were detected in North Sumatra, the Riau Islands followed with 12 hotspots, while North Maluku and South Kalimantan had 10 and 7 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than the surrounding area, and do not represent 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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