64 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, December 16, 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 showed 64 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots increased by 14 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (16/12/2025) at 11:36 AM WIB. Of the 64 detected hotspots, 1 point has a high confidence level, 62 points are at a medium scale, and 1 point is at a 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 North Maluku with 23 points. East Kalimantan ranked second with 6 hotspots. South Sulawesi was in third place with 5 hotspots.

5 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by Aceh with 4 hotspots, and East Nusa Tenggara and Central Sulawesi each had 4 and 4 hotspots detected.

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 for large areas.

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