BNPB Targets 3 Days Of Water Bombing Heli Operation At TPST Sarikmukti

The BNPB water bombing heli operation was to extinguish the fire at the Sari Mukti Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), West Bandung Regency, West Java, Friday (25/8/2023). (ANTARA/HO-BNPB)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is targeting three days of waterbombing helicopter operations to extinguish the fire at the Sari Mukti Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), West Bandung Regency, West Java.

"The target operation is assumed to last for 3 days or until there is no potential for fire," said Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Abdul Muhari as reported by ANTARA, Friday, August 25.

Abdul explained that the operation to extinguish the waste fire at TPST Sari Mukti had started on Friday at 15.12 WIB. Today's target operation is (25/8) for 2.5 hours, with 20 operations capable of bombing in 1 hour.

"The capacity for transporting water in one bombing is 4 tons, so this afternoon at least 50 bombings x 4 tons, or 200 tons of water were watered to the location of the fire," said Abdul.

A water bombing helicopter unit was deployed to deal with a fire at the Sari Mukti Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), West Bandung Regency, West Java, Friday.

"Following up on the request from the Governor of West Java, today a water bombing BNPB unit is preparing to extinguish the fire from the air at TPST Sari Mukti, West Bandung Regency," he said.

In addition, Abdul said very low rainfall also triggered the danger of forest and land fires (karhutla) in West Java Province. A total of 15 district or city administrative areas experienced forest and land fires.

39 sub-districts identified spread across 15 regencies affected by forest and land fires from January 1 to August 23, 2023.