KLHK Finds 392 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Central Sulawesi (Friday, January 16, 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 392 hotspots detected in Indonesia. The number of hotspots increased by 163 compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (January 16, 2026) at 11:02 AM WIB. Of the 392 detected hotspots, 6 points had a high confidence level, 380 points were medium scale, and 6 points were low 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 particular area.

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The most detected hotspots were in Central Sulawesi with 60 points. West Kalimantan ranked second with 58 hotspots. Aceh was in third position with 51 hotspots.

A total of 46 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Central Kalimantan with 41 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi and South Sulawesi each had 34 and 20 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature compared to 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 in monitoring forest and land fires over a wide area.

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