KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 107 in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, February 24, 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 107 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is 12 less than the previous period.

The data is the result of Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 107 detected hotspots, 106 are medium-scale and 1 is 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 higher the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most hotspots were detected in Aceh with 36 points. South Sulawesi ranks second with 15 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan in third place with 11 hotspots.

10 hotspots were detected in North Maluku, Riau followed with 9 hotspots, while West Sumatra and Southeast Sulawesi had 6 and 4 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 in large areas.

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