5,256 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, September 23, 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 shows that 5,256 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 3,734 points compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (9/23/2025) at 11:06 AM WIB. Of the 5,256 detected hotspots, 581 points have a high hotspot confidence level, 4,382 points are medium scale, and 293 points are low scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, the medium scale from 30 - 79, and the high scale from 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 highest number of hotspots was detected in West Kalimantan with 2,624 points. East Nusa Tenggara ranked second with 396 hotspots. East Kalimantan was in third place with 306 hotspots.

A total of 254 hotspots were detected in South Sulawesi, followed by Central Kalimantan with 229 hotspots, and South Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi each having 223 and 208 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in 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 detected by remote sensing satellites is still the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.

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