KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 102 in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, February 13, 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 102 hotspots in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 364 compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (February 13, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 102 detected hotspots, 4 have a high confidence level, 91 are medium-scale, and 7 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 hotspots were detected in Riau, with 51. North Maluku ranks second with 15 hotspots, and Central Sulawesi is third with 9 hotspots.

6 hotspots were detected in Aceh, followed by the Bangka Belitung Islands with 5, while West Kalimantan and the Riau Islands have 4 and 3 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 for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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