113 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, April 17, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) forest and land fire monitoring system, SiPongi, the last 24-hour monitoring shows 113 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 16 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (17/4/2025) at 11:52 WIB. Of the 113 hotspots detected, 110 are of moderate scale and 3 are of low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 scales. The low scale has a range of 0-29, the moderate scale 30-79, and the high scale 80-100. The higher the confidence level of a hotspot, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots is in Bangka Belitung Islands with 20 hotspots. West Kalimantan is second with 16 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 11 hotspots.

Ten hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by Central Sulawesi with 8 hotspots, and East Java and South Sumatra each with 8 and 7 detected hotspots respectively.

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, a large number of hotspots clustered in one area indicates the occurrence of forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.