Fire Of Karhutla Spreading Burns On The Roof Of SMPN 2 Peat, Luckily Banjar Firefighters Immediately Take Action

The fire on the roof of SMP Negeri 2 Gambut which caught fire due to forest and land fires in Guntung Ujung Village, Gambit District, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Thursday (21/9/2023) afternoon. (ANTARA/HO-Yose Rizal)

BANJAR - Joint officers of the Banjar Regency Fire Department, South Kalimantan Province and volunteers tamed the flames that engulfed parts of the Gambit 2 State Junior High School building. The fire came from forest and land fires that occurred around the location. Head of Rescue and Evaluation Extinguation of the Banjar Regency Fire and Rescue Service, Gusti Yudhi, said officers were able to tame the blaze at around 17.00 WITA. "The fire broke out for about half an hour and was successfully controlled by personnel from the fire department who worked hard to prevent the flames from scorched the school building," said Gusti Yudi in Martapura, Banjar, as reported by Antara, Thursday, September 21. Yudi said that some of the classrooms in the Gambit 2 State Junior High School were burned down by the flames of forest and land fires that spread to the point of engulfing several parts of the roof of the school. It is known that some of the schoolroom buildings located in Guntung Ujung Village caught fire on the roof. According to Yudi, the school building that caught fire consisted of the UKS room, computer laboratory room, and the OSIS room on the roof, while the walls were still sturdy and were not hit by fire. "The fire came from a land fire near the school which quickly spread because the wind was strong enough that it grew and engulfed the roof of the school," said Yudi. He said the Banjar Regency Fire Department personnel assisted by volunteers were fast enough and alert when extinguishing the blaze so that it would not spread further. Officers and volunteers struggled to tame the flames so that only the roof and ceiling were burned and the fire did not spread to other buildings in the school area. Forest and land fires in the Banjar Regency area are quite rampant, including in the Peat District where quite a lot of forest and land are flammable. This condition was added by the hot weather due to the dry season so that it quickly sparked the emergence of flames that burned forest and land areas, so that they spread closer to a number of housing and buildings.