KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 169 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, February 7, 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 169 hotspots in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 91 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Saturday (February 7, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 169 detected hotspots, 3 have a high confidence level, 165 are medium scale, and 1 is low scale.

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

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The most hotspots were detected in Riau with 56 points. South Sulawesi ranks second with 26 hotspots. Southeast Sulawesi is third with 24 hotspots.

14 hotspots were detected in the Riau Islands, Jambi followed with 9 hotspots, while North Maluku and South Kalimantan detected 8 and 7 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.

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