216 Hotspot Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Sunday, February 16, 2025)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 216 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 87 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Sunday (16/2/2025) at 11:43 WIB. Of the 216 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 204 are medium scale, and 10 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi with 55 hotspots. East Kalimantan is second with 31 hotspots, followed by West Kalimantan with 24 hotspots.

Twenty hotspots were detected in West Sulawesi, followed by West Sumatra with 15 hotspots, and East Java and North Maluku each with 14 and 13 hotspots, respectively.

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 hotspots clustered in one 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.