KLHK Detects 702 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in West Kalimantan (Saturday, January 24, 2026)
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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 702 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 189 points compared to the previous period.
The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Saturday (January 24, 2026) at 11:02 AM WIB. Of the 702 hotspots detected, 8 points had a high hotspot confidence level, 677 points had a medium scale, and 17 points had a low scale.
The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0 - 29, the medium scale 30 - 79, and the high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.
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The most detected hotspots were in West Kalimantan with 193 points. Aceh ranked second with the highest number of hotspots at 117 points. East Kalimantan was in third place with 64 hotspots.
A total of 47 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by Central Kalimantan with 43 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi and South Sulawesi each having 42 and 35 detected hotspots.
A hotspot is a coordinate point of an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and is 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 for monitoring forest and land fires over a large area.
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