KLHK Detects 466 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Riau (Thursday, February 12, 2026)

Based on the SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours detected 466 hotspots in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 70 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites accessed on Thursday (February 12, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 466 detected hotspots, 24 have a high hotspot confidence level, 430 are medium-scale, and 12 are low-scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0 - 29, medium scale 30 - 79, and high scale 80 - 100. The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most detected hotspots are in Riau, totaling 264 points. West Kalimantan ranks second with 75 hotspots. The Bangka Belitung Islands are third with 22 hotspots.

18 hotspots were detected in Central Kalimantan, followed by Jambi with 16 hotspots, and South Sumatra and West Sumatra with 13 and 10 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than the surrounding area, and do not represent 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot detection data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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