KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 38 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, January 1, 2026)

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 38 hotspots were detected in Indonesia.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Thursday (1/1/2026) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 38 detected hotspots, all 38 were moderate scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, moderate 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 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan with 8 points. Central Sulawesi ranked second with 8 hotspots. South Sulawesi was in third place with 5 hotspots.

As many as 4 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Aceh with 3 hotspots, and Central Java and West Java each had 2 and 2 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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 for large areas.

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