97 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, December 12, 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 97 hotspots were detected in Indonesia. This number increased by 23 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (December 12, 2025) at 11:27 AM WIB. Of the 97 detected hotspots, 1 point has a high hotspot confidence level and 96 points are medium 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 East Kalimantan with 25 points. North Maluku was in second place with the highest number of hotspots at 18 points. Central Sulawesi was in third place with 13 hotspots.

A total of 10 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 4 hotspots, and Jambi and Aceh each having 4 and 3 detected hotspots, respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and it 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 detected by remote sensing satellites is still the most effective in monitoring forest and land fires for large areas.

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