KLHK: Number of Hotspots in Indonesia Reaches 347 in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, February 5, 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 347 hotspots have been detected in Indonesia. This number of hotspots decreased by 87 points compared to the previous period.

The data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (February 5, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 347 detected hotspots, 19 have a high hotspot confidence level, 315 are medium scale, and 13 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 were detected in Riau, with 132 points. Central Sulawesi ranks second with 60 hotspots, and North Maluku is third with 28 hotspots.

A total of 23 hotspots were detected in Southeast Sulawesi, East Kalimantan follows with 20 hotspots, and Maluku and South Sulawesi have 13 and 12 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and it 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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