KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 289 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, April 16, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours shows 289 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 22 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (April 16, 2026) at 11:35 WIB. Of the 289 detected hotspots, 5 have a high confidence level, 278 are medium scale, and 6 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 a particular area.

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The most hotspots were detected in Central Papua, with 36 hotspots. North Maluku ranks second with 35 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi is third with 30 hotspots.

27 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by Maluku with 18 hotspots, while Aceh and East Java have 17 and 14 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.

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