KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 929 in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows 929 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 214 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 929 detected hotspots, 33 are high-confidence hotspots, 800 are medium-scale, and 96 are low-scale.

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

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West Kalimantan has the most detected hotspots with 393. Riau ranks second with 201 hotspots, and the Riau Islands third with 69.

33 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, followed by Central Kalimantan with 31, while Aceh and Bengkulu have 29 and 28 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than the surrounding area, and do 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective tool for monitoring forest and land fires across large areas.

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