In August 2008 the number of hotspots in Indonesia increased significantly, they reached 7,021. Up to this day, it is the highest in this year compared to the previous months. Most hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan (1,708), Riau (1,507), Jambi (987) and South Sumatra (833) provinces. They were also on Java, i.e. East Java (115), Central Java (88), and West Java (41) provinces. Based on daily data, the peak hotspot period happened on 4, 5 and 6 August, in which there were 689, 640 and 556 hotspots respectively. (Source: NOAA-18, Sipongi, Ministry of Forestry).

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