87 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in Last 24 Hours (Friday, January 2, 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 87 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 49 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (January 2, 2026) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 87 detected hotspots, all 87 are medium scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. Low scale has a range of 0 - 29, medium 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 certain area.

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The most detected hotspots are in North Maluku with 39 points. Central Sulawesi ranks second with 20 hotspots. Jambi is in third place with 8 hotspots.

A total of 6 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 3 hotspots, and South Sumatra and Central Java each having 3 and 2 detected hotspots, respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of 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 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 in monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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