KLHK Detects 330 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Wednesday, March 4, 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 330 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots has decreased by 57 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 330 detected hotspots, 3 have a high confidence level, 312 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 detected are in West Kalimantan with 200 points. East Kalimantan ranks second with 16 hotspots, and Central Kalimantan is third with 13 hotspots.

12 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by Riau with 11 hotspots, while South Sulawesi and Aceh have 11 and 10 detected hotspots respectively.

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

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