Karhutla Smoke In Belitung, Rarely Viewed In Tanjung Pandan Disturbed

The Manggala Agni Karhutla Task Force is struggling to be surrounded by smoke to extinguish the forest and land fires in Liang Anggang Village, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan, Wednesday, August 2, 2023. (ANTARA-Tumpal A A)

BeLITUNG - Tanjung Pandan City in Belitung Regency is covered in smog due to forest and land fires or forest and land fires. The Chief Executive of the Belitung Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Agus Supriadi said that the smoke from forest and land fires in Belitung and the surrounding area had made Tanjung Pandan City foggy since Thursday, October 5 morning. "Towards noon the fog gradually decreased and visibility also gradually returned to normal even though smoke was still smelled," he said in the Province of the Bangka Belitung Islands (Babel), Thursday, October 5, which was confiscated by Antara. He appealed to residents to wear masks when doing activities outside the room to avoid the bad effects of air pollution on health. Agus also said that Belitung Regency faced 65 forest and land fires throughout August and 114 forest and land fires incidents during September 2023. He asked residents to support efforts to prevent and control forest and land fires by not burning to open or clean land.