63 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, February 22, 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 that 63 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites, accessed on Sunday (February 22, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 63 detected hotspots, all 63 are medium-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 detected are in Riau, totaling 19. Jambi ranks second with 13 hotspots. Aceh is in third place with 8 hotspots.

6 hotspots were detected in West Sumatra, followed by South Sumatra with 5 hotspots, while Bengkulu and North Sumatra each have 3 detected hotspots.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has 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 satellite remote sensing hotspot detection data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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