122 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, February 27, 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 122 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 40 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Friday (February 27, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 122 detected hotspots, 4 have a high confidence level, 112 are medium scale, and 6 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 detected were in North Maluku with 30 points. West Kalimantan ranks second with 26 hotspots, and East Kalimantan is third with 19 hotspots.

10 hotspots were detected in South Sumatra, Central Kalimantan followed with 9 hotspots, while South Kalimantan and the Bangka Belitung Islands have 7 and 5 detected hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points in an area with a higher surface temperature than its 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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