Putting Out Forest Fires On The Slopes Of Mount Sumbing, Thousands Of TNI-Polri Personnel Were Deployed

JAKARTA - The forest fire extinguishing that occurred on the slopes of Mount Sumbing BKPH Kedu Utara, Wonosobo, precisely in plots 29 RPH Klesman with coordinate positions at -7,3936 LS and 110,06358 East Longitude were tried optimally.

A total of 1056 joint TNI-Polri personnel and volunteers together with agencies joined forces to help outage. Head of Central Java Police Public Relations Kombes Pol Satake Bayu Setianto said the blackout was carried out from before dawn until noon.

Joint personnel, he explained, extinguished the fire by using various fire extinguishers including light fire extinguishers (APAR) and cutting shrubs and twigs to prevent the fire from spreading widely.

"In addition, officers also evacuated 88 climbers who had previously been registered at the Lamuk base camp, Bowongso base camp and Garung hamlet basecamp. They are all safe," said the Head of Humas in a media statement, Saturday, September 2.

To ensure the fire did not spread, the Head of Public Relations emphasized that the Central Java Police would alert personnel including Brimob personnel and detective.

"One Resmob team and a team from the Ditreskrimum have launched to Wonosobo to anticipate the crime that has occurred," he said.

"Meanwhile, Magelang Police personnel carry out sweeping patrols to ensure the fire does not spread towards Magelang," added the Head of Public Relations.

He said that the Central Java Police would also bring in helicopters from Baharkam to support patrols around the location of forest fires.

"To monitor if there are still hotspots at once, they can be used to transport personnel if needed," he said.

"We have also coordinated the development of the situation with BPBD and BNPB Central Java. Hopefully the situation will really be under control soon," he concluded.