Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 110 in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, January 19, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 110 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 54 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Sunday (19/1/2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 110 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level and 109 are medium scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are 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 North Maluku with 30 hotspots. South Sulawesi is second with 26 hotspots, followed by Southeast Sulawesi with 10 hotspots.

Ten hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, followed by East Kalimantan with 9, and Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan each with 5 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 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.