KLHK: Indonesia's Hotspot Count Reaches 156 in the Last 24 Hours (Saturday, February 28, 2026)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), monitoring over the last 24 hours detected 156 hotspots in Indonesia. This number is an increase of 34 hotspots compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellites, accessed on Saturday (February 28, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 156 detected hotspots, 2 have a high confidence level and 154 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 greater the possibility of forest and land fires occurring in a particular area.

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The most hotspots were detected in North Maluku with 38. Central Sulawesi ranks second with 15 hotspots, and Jambi is third with 14 hotspots.

14 hotspots were detected in West Kalimantan, followed by Riau with 10, and South Sulawesi and South Sumatra each having 10 detected hotspots.

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 satellite remote sensing hotspot data remains the most effective way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.

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