Ministry of Environment and Forestry Detects 260 Hotspots in Indonesia, Most in Riau (Friday, February 6, 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 260 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 Friday (February 6, 2026) at 11:47 WIB. Of the 260 detected hotspots, 6 have a high hotspot confidence level, 250 are medium scale, and 4 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 detected hotspots are in Riau, with 116 points. Southeast Sulawesi ranks second with 36 hotspots. North Maluku is in third place with 30 hotspots.

12 hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi follows with 12 hotspots, and North Sumatra and the Riau Islands have 10 and 7 detected hotspots respectively.

A hotspot is a coordinate point in an area that has a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and 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 remote sensing satellite-detected hotspot data remains the most effective for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.

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