Joint Team Extinguishes Land Due To Residents Burning Garbage In Bogor

Officers extinguished land fires in Klapanunggal Village, Bogor Regency, West Java, Tuesday (12/9/2023). (ANTARA/HO-BPBD Bogor Regency)

The joint team managed to extinguish a 1.000 square meter empty land fire in Klapanunggal Village, Bogor Regency, West Java, caused by garbage.

Emergency and Logistics Staff of the Bogor Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Jalaludin explained that the fire that burned grass and debris was successfully extinguished with the help of a fire brigade from the Bogor Regency Fire Department (Disdamkar).

"The fire has been extinguished by the joint team after a few minutes of handling," said Jalal as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 12.

According to him, the incident occurred at around 10.25 WIB when an unidentified resident carried out a garbage burning activity.

"It was caused by a resident burning garbage which was later abandoned, so that the fire spread to an area of 1,000 square meters," he explained.

Then, he said, joint officers who received reports of residents went straight to the scene to extinguish the fire by deploying a fleet of firefighters.

He appealed to the public not to burn garbage carelessly to anticipate fires and air pollution or pollution.

"Officers have provided education regarding the dangers of burning garbage in open spaces in the middle of the dry season," said Jalal.

The Bogor Regency Government, West Java has set a drought emergency alert status as well as forest and land fires in its area until October 31, 2023.

The determination was made by the Bogor Regency Government through the issuance of Circular Letter (SE) Number: 300.2/11/SE -SDB/BPBD signed by Bogor Regent Iwan Setiawan.

The SE stated that Bogor Regency was in a state of emergency alert for drought and forest and land fires, starting from July 10, 2023 to October 31, 2023, for 40 sub-districts in the Bogor Regency area.

Then, the SE regulates efforts to handle emergency alerts for drought as well as forest and land fires that are fast, precise, and integrated by mobilizing potential human resources, facilities and infrastructure and financing of available financing, so as to minimize the impact of disasters.