Tornadoes Of Fire Appear On Mount Bromo, Fire Due To Widespread Pre-Wedding Flares

The PROBOLINGGO-Fire, which was triggered by a flare of pre-wedding photos on Mount Bromo, continued until the sixth day. The fire expanded and even created a tornado of fire around the fire. From amateur video footage of volunteers, there was a fire tornado at the location of the fire. This situation made the fire on Mount Bromo even more widespread and made volunteers afraid. The widespread fire had an impact on the closure of the lane to the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) area from Sunday night until an undetermined time. The closure was imposed on all entrances to the TNBTS area starting from Probolinggo, Lumajang, Malang, and Pasuruan. Meanwhile, the East Java Provincial Government began deploying Super Puma helicopters carrying water bombing to help extinguish the fire. Blackouting with this helicopter fostered new hope and enthusiasm for volunteers. So far, there has been no recent data on how far the land area has been burned due to this flare prewedding. Head of Region 1 TNBTS, Bambang Suryanto said that his party could not confirm how much land area was burned. The total area of the land has not yet been released, this is still a blackout activity," he said when confirmed Monday, September 11. Bambang acknowledged the process of extinguishing the dry weather constraints and contours of the hilly area in Bromo.

"The problem is the geographical condition of Bromo with hills and cliffs so that it makes it difficult for us to extinguish the fire," he said. Efforts to extinguish the fire with this helicopter also encountered obstacles, namely limited visibility because it was covered in fog.

As a result, this blackout was postponed after three waterings. However, the joint team is still trying to extinguish the fire manually. "Currently, a number of parties have been involved in carrying out this blackout to speed up the blackout," said Bambang.