KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 560 in Last 24 Hours (Saturday, January 31, 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 that 560 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 107 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (January 31, 2026) at 11:14 AM WIB. Of the 560 detected hotspots, 10 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 536 points were on a medium scale, and 14 points were on 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 in a particular area.

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Most hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, totaling 235 points. Central Papua ranked second for the highest number of hotspots with 74 points. Riau Islands was in third position with 38 hotspots.

A total of 38 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, Riau followed with 30 hotspots, and South Papua and North Maluku each had 24 and 22 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and 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 large areas.

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