Ministry of Environment and Forestry: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 119 in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, February 23, 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 shows 119 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots is an increase of 56 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Monday (February 23, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 119 detected hotspots, 4 have a high hotspot confidence level, 111 are medium-scale, and 4 are 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 higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most hotspots were detected in Aceh, totaling 34. South Sulawesi ranks second with 29 hotspots. North Sumatra is in third place with 15 hotspots.

12 hotspots were detected in West Sumatra, followed by South Sumatra with 7 hotspots, while Riau and East Kalimantan have 7 and 5 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area that have a higher surface temperature than their surroundings, 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 for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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