Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 110 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, April 18, 2025)

Based on the Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System (SiPongi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 110 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (18/4/2025) at 11:52 WIB. Of the 110 hotspots detected, 107 are of medium scale and 3 are of 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.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in North Maluku with 28 points. East Kalimantan is in second place with 12 hotspots. Riau is in third place with 12 hotspots.

Nine hotspots were detected in North Sumatra, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 8 hotspots, and Central Java and North Sulawesi each having 7 detected 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, the large number of hotspots clustered 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 method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.