229 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, January 15, 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 showed 229 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number increased by 28 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Thursday (January 15, 2026) at 11:02 AM Western Indonesian Time (WIB). Of the 229 detected hotspots, 1 point has a high hotspot confidence level, 223 points are on a medium scale, and 5 points are on a low scale.

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

(Read: Indication of Forest and Land Fire Area in East Kalimantan until June 2025)

The most detected hotspots were in Central Kalimantan with 39 points. North Maluku ranked second with the highest number of hotspots, with 27 points. Aceh was in third place with 24 hotspots.

A total of 22 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by Central Sulawesi with 20 hotspots, and East Kalimantan and South Sulawesi each having 19 and 14 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and is 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 for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

(Read: Nearly 5 Thousand Natural Disaster Events in Indonesia Throughout 2023, Forest and Land Fires Dominating)