Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 2,173 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in East Nusa Tenggara (Friday, October 3, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring in the last 24 hours shows that 2,173 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 869 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (October 3, 2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 2,173 detected hotspots, 38 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 1788 points were on a medium scale, and 347 points were on a low scale.

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

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The most detected hotspots were in East Nusa Tenggara, with 660 points. East Kalimantan ranked second with 304 hotspots. West Nusa Tenggara was in third place with 303 hotspots.

A total of 189 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by Central Sulawesi with 183 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi and Central Kalimantan each had 138 and 73 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 hotspots clustered 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 for large areas.

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