KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 133 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)

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 133 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 32 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (18/11/2025) at 11:53 AM WIB. Of the 133 detected hotspots, 3 had a high confidence level, 129 were at a medium scale, and 1 was at a low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 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 particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in Central Sulawesi, with 36 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranked second with the highest number of hotspots, with 27 points. South Kalimantan was in third place with 18 hotspots.

As many as 14 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by South Sulawesi with 13 hotspots, and South Sumatra and West Nusa Tenggara each having 6 hotspots detected.

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 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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