Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 192 in Last 24 Hours (Saturday, December 27, 2025)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 192 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 110 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (12/27/2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 192 detected hotspots, 2 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 185 points were at a medium scale, and 5 points were at 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 particular area.

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The highest number of detected hotspots was in Central Sulawesi with 47 points. East Kalimantan ranked second with 44 hotspots. North Maluku was in third place with 36 hotspots.

A total of 18 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by West Sulawesi with 17 hotspots, and Central Kalimantan and Southeast Sulawesi each having 10 and 9 detected hotspots, respectively.

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

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