292 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, March 6, 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 shows that 292 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 146 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (March 6, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 292 detected hotspots, 13 have a high hotspot confidence level, 237 are medium-scale, and 42 are low-scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 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 detected hotspots are in West Kalimantan with 90 points. Aceh ranks second with the most hotspots at 65 points. North Sumatra is in third place with 39 hotspots.

A total of 26 hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, followed by West Sulawesi with 9 hotspots, and Jambi and Riau each have 8 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and it is 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot detection data is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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