30 Hectares Of Land In East OKU Caught Fire In 2 Weeks

MARTAPORE - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) said that in the last two weeks there were 30 hectares of land burned in the Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Timur Regency, South Sumatra.

Head of Prevention and Preparedness of BPBD East KOKU Regency Dewa Made Sutha said that over the past two weeks there have been 11 hotspots with a total area of land burned by about 30 hectares.

According to him, the fire during that period covered agricultural land, plantation land, and peatlands.

Over the past two weeks, most of the land fires have occurred in vulnerable areas such as West Semendawa, Martapura, Bunga Mayang, and Jayapura sub-districts.

Dewa conveyed that the Forest and Land Fire Management Task Force could quickly deal with land fires so as not to cause smoke in residential areas.

"We have prepared Posko and forest and land fires prevention equipment for a long time as an effort to prevent it as early as possible," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 27.

"Thanks to the cooperation of all parties related to forest and land fires in East OKU, it can be resolved," he continued.

The East OKU Regency Government has also intensified socialization regarding the prohibition of clearing land by burning to prevent forest and land fires.