3 Hours, Police In Dompu NTB Struggle To Put Out The Fire Using Young Tree Rattings

Members of the Dompu Police carried out a blackout of land fires in the local area (ANTARA/HO-Humas Dompu Police)

The ranks of the Dompu Police, West Nusa Tenggara carried out a blackout of forest and land fires (karhutla) in the So Wila Mountains, Kramat Village, Kilo District. Kilo Police Chief Ipda Eka Farman said forest fires were sourced from land burning carried out by local people. Armed with simple equipment, he said, officers managed to extinguish the fire. The “ The fire originated from community activities that cleaned corn fields after completing the harvest,” he said in a written statement in Mataram, reported by Antara, Monday, June 5. His party swiftly went to the location armed with weapons and makeshift equipment to extinguish the fire until it was successful. "Alhamdulillah, for almost three hours of action, thanks to the cohesiveness of all personnel, a number of hotspots were extinguished," he said. The fire occurred last Sunday at around 15.00 WITA. After finding a hotspot in a forest fire, members immediately headed to the location, namely the So Wila Mountains, Kramat Village. "After arriving at the location, the members tried to extinguish the fire with makeshift tools, including using young tree branches," he said. After being able to extinguish the fire, he admitted that he tried to meet with land owners and several other residents, to provide warnings as well as appeals not to carry out similar activities that have the potential for forest and land fires. "Unfortunately, residents who burned the land were no longer at the location of the burned land," he said. With these findings, he will continue to monitor not only in locations where fires are indicated, but also a number of locations where residents are suspected of burning land.

"We urge residents not to burn forests for any reason, especially at this time the dry season," he said.