103 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, February 20, 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 103 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots has decreased by 12 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Friday (February 20, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 103 detected hotspots, 98 are medium-scale and 5 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 are in Central Sulawesi with 46 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranks second with 18 hotspots. South Sulawesi is in third place with 14 hotspots.

A total of 6 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by Papua with 5 hotspots, and Maluku and North Maluku each had 3 detected hotspots.

Hotspots are coordinate points in 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 way to monitor forest and land fires over large areas.

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