Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK): Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 93 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, April 4, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 93 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 15 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (4/4/2025) at 11:14 WIB. Of the 93 detected hotspots, 2 have a high confidence level, 85 are medium, and 6 are low.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in South Sulawesi with 22 hotspots. North Maluku is second with 14 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 12 hotspots.

Nine hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by Central Sulawesi with 8, and South Sumatra and Southeast Sulawesi with 7 and 6 hotspots respectively.

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 forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.