6 Hours More Hard, Dozens Of Karhutla Task Force Successfully Jinkan Api In The Syamsudin Noor Airport Area Banjarbaru

Screenshot - The forest and land fires Task Force (Karhutla) is trying to get to the location of the fire using a rubber boat / ANTARA

A total of 26 personnel from the South Kalimantan (Kalsel) forest and land fire task force (karhutla) extinguished the flames that scorched the land area of Syamsudin Noor Airport in Syamsudin Noor Village, Landasan Ulin District, Banjarbaru City. The task force personnel consist of the South Kalimantan Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the Karhutla Control Brigade (Brigdal), Manggala Agni and Polri. "“Firespots, which are about 20 meters away to residential areas, we make sure they have been completely extinguished," said Field Coordinator of the Karhutla Task Force Ricky Ferdiyanto in Banjarbaru, Antara, Tuesday, August 1. Ricky said the Karhutla Task Force had been extinguished since 11.00 WITA and completed the task until 19.30 WITA with a land area of more than five hectares. "The road access is quite difficult to get inside, but the hotspots don't approach settlements anymore," he said. Although there are quite a lot of hotspots at the location, the situation is under control. Moreover, the weather tonight supports because the location of the forest and land fires is getting cloudy and drizzling. The officer decided to resume the effort tomorrow. Ricky revealed that he also said that the area of forest and land fires at the location was around He hopes that heavy rains will fall so that the hotspots that are still burning in the field can be completely extinguished. Meanwhile, Karhutla Task Force personnel Mohammad Rijali said the blackout was stopped due to ineffective times because it was late at night. The field conditions were quite dangerous so the team decided to continue tomorrow.

“The hotspots are safe, the fire that is still burning is quite far from residential areas, ” according to Rijali.