28 Hotspot Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, January 23, 2025)

Based on the Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System (SiPongi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 28 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (23/1/2025) at 11:15 WIB. Of the 28 hotspots detected, 27 are medium scale and 1 is low scale.

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

The highest number of detected hotspots is in North Maluku with 10 hotspots. Papua is in second place with 6 hotspots. Southeast Sulawesi is in third place with 3 hotspots.

Three hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by North Sulawesi with 2 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara with 2 and 1 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

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