BPBD Belitung Puts Out 3 Hectares Of Land Fires

Belitung firefighters are extinguishing the fire that burned the land (ANTARA/Kasmono-Apriliansyah)

BELITUNG - Firefighters (Damkar) of the Belitung Regency BPBD, Bangka Belitung Islands (Babel), managed to extinguish a three-hectare land fire from two locations so that the fire did not spread and caused a severe fire.

"Alhamdulillah, we managed to extinguish the fire on a dry land area of approximately three hectares from two locations," said BPBD Belitung Firefighter Team Commander II, Riko Pribadi, in Tanjung Pandan, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, September 8.

According to him, the first land fire occurred in Juru Seberang Village, Tanjung Pandan District, Thursday (7/9) at 15.20 WIB.

"The area of land burned in Juru Seberang Village is approximately two hectares," he said.

Officers managed to extinguish the fire at 16.30 WIB by deploying a fire brigade fleet.

"At 16.30 WIB the fire was successfully extinguished or the conditions were declared green, so we returned to the mako ( command headquarters)," he said.

Meanwhile, the second land fire incident occurred on Jalan Melati, Dukong Village, at 16.01 WIB. "The fire on Jalan Melati, Gunung Kelis, Dukong Village covering an area of approximately one hectare," he said.

He explained that the fire at the location was successfully extinguished at 16.50 WIB. "At 16.50 WIB the conditions were green and we managed to extinguish the fire," he said.

Riko appealed to the public to be aware of the occurrence of fire events, especially forest and land, in the midst of the current dry conditions.

For this reason, the community is expected not to burn garbage without supervision, throw cigarette butts carelessly, and clear agricultural land by burning it.

"We hope that the community can anticipate forest and land fires by caring about the conditions of the surrounding environment, and if there is a fire incident, immediately report to the Belitung BPBD Damkar Post," he said.