KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 115 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, February 19, 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 115 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is an increase of 30 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (February 19, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 115 detected hotspots, 5 have a high confidence level, 95 are medium-scale, and 15 are low-scale.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales: 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 likelihood of forest and land fires occurring in the area.

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The most hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, with 46. East Kalimantan ranks second with 30 hotspots, and Southeast Sulawesi third with 14.

8 hotspots were detected in North Kalimantan, followed by South Sulawesi with 7, while West Kalimantan and Papua had 3 and 2 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and does 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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