128 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 128 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 12 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (18/2/2025) at 11:08 WIB. Of the 128 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 124 are medium, and 3 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi (19), followed by North Maluku (19), and West Kalimantan (18).

Eleven hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, followed by South Papua (11), South Kalimantan (8), and South Sulawesi (7).

Hotspots are coordinate points of 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 forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.