Mount Jayati Fire Palabuhanratu Sukabumi Is Increasingly Widespread

The Mount Jayanti fire in Kampung/Village Jayanti, Palabuhanratu District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java on Friday, (22/9/2023) night. PHOTO ANTARA/Aditya Rohman

SUKABUMI - The Mount Jayanti fire in Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi Regency, West Java continues to spread. The fire is still growing and even clearly visible from residential areas.

"The fire is currently growing, joint officers are still on standby at the location worried that the fire will spread to residential areas," said the Manager of the Central Control and Operations (Pusdalops) of the Sukabumi Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Daeng Sutisna as reported by ANTARA, Friday, September 22.

Based on information compiled from the Palabuhanratu District Disaster Management Officer (P2BK), he said, the Mount Jayanti fire in Jayanti Village, Jayanti Village, Palabuhanratu District occurred at around 16.15 WIB.

Initially, there was a puff of smoke at the fire point, where joint officers from BPBD elements, the Sukabumi Regency Fire and Rescue Service (DPKP), Polri and TNI assisted by residents and volunteers tried to extinguish the fire with makeshift tools.

However, the fire was difficult to extinguish and even continued to grow and spread to the forest leading to land and residential areas. The fire quickly grew because the location of the incident was many tree branches and dry grass plus the wind was blowing quite hard.

"For the area of Mount Jayanti's land affected by the fire disaster, it is still being calculated, for now we are still focused on extinguishing the fire that continues to grow," added Daeng Sutisna.

It is not yet known the cause of the forest fires in Mount Jayanti, but information from the public that there are residents who are clearing land by burning so that the fire spreads to the mountain area, but this information cannot be ascertained because there has been no statement from a competent institution.

Apart from Mount Jayanti, forest fires also occurred in Bojongkembar Village, Cikembar District, Sukabumi Regency on Friday, (22/9). From observations at the location until now, joint officers are still trying to extinguish the fire.