Joint Team Puts Out Forest And Land Fires In Inhu

The joint team's activities when extinguishing the fire caused by kahutla in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province. BETWEEN/HO-Humas BPBD Riau.

The joint team of officers from the TNI, Polri, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Indragiri Hulu Regency and the community worked hand in hand to extinguish forest and land fires or forest and land fires in Sungai Raya, Indragiri Hulu Regency (Inhu).

"The thick smoke plus a terrain that is quite far from public road access has made it difficult for officers to extinguish the fire, but the fire has now been extinguished," said the Head of the Riau Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 10.

He said two Superpuma and Sikorsky water bombing helicopters had gone down to a special forest and land fire location at a point that was difficult to access by the joint land and fire team had been extinguished. The efforts of the joint team and two water bombing helicopters to extinguish the blaze were even more helped by the rain at the forest and land fires location.

Meanwhile, the area burned by forest and land fires in the Indragiri Hulu River area reaches 62 hectares. Efforts to cool down the Karhutla location have also been made.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Pekanbaru Station released weather forecasts for the Riau region, on Tuesday (10/10) rain with light to heavy intensity which can be accompanied by lightning and strong winds still have the potential in the local area.

"The rain has been pouring down Riau since this morning and will last until early morning," said Forecaster on Duty BMKG Pekanbaru station, Anggun.

Anggun said that uneven rain only occurred in parts of Riau. This morning it rained with light intensity in part of Bengkalis, Rokan Hilir, Rokan Hulu, and Dumai districts.

"Meanwhile, during the day the potential for uneven rain occurs in parts of Rokan Hulu, Rokan Hilir, Siak, and also Kampar regencies," he said.

Meanwhile, in the afternoon until evening the potential for rain occurred in parts of Pekanbaru City, Rokan Hulu Regency, Kampar, Siak, Pelalawan, Meranti Islands, and Bengkalis. Early in the morning the potential for rain with light to moderate intensity occurred in parts of Kampar, Siak, Meranti Islands and also Bengkalis Regency.

"BMKG issued an early warning to be aware of the potential for rain with moderate to heavy intensity accompanied by lightning and strong winds. This potential occurs in parts of Kampar, Bengkalis, Siak, Rokan Hulu districts in the afternoon, evening and early morning," he said.