Fire Extinguishing At TPA Jalupang Karawang Is Still Ongoing

Fire At TPA Jalupang Karawang/ Photo: Antara

KARAWANG until now officers from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) are still handling the fire that hit the landfill area (TPA) in Jalupang, in Wancimekar Village, Kotabaru District, Karawang Regency, West Java.

"The fire has occurred since Saturday (October 28) afternoon and continues to be extinguished until Sunday morning," said Head of the Karawang Regional Disaster Management and Rescue Agency (BPBD) Rohmat Ilyas, ANTARA, Sunday, October 29.

He said that this Sunday morning the fire had started to shrink after a fairly difficult extinguishing process throughout Saturday afternoon to Sunday night. This condition occurs due to strong winds that spread to other points.

In the process of extinguishing the fire, his party deployed 25 officers along with a number of fire engines and used five extinguishing equipment (construction equipment).

"The TPA location is close to the waterways, so we also use all the alkons to extinguish the fire," he said.

Head of the Karawang Environment and Hygiene Service, Wawan Setiawan, admitted that he did not know for sure the cause of the fire. However, it is possible that the fire occurred due to the hot weather.

Asked how many hectares of waste TPA area was hit by the fire, Wawan admitted that he could not confirm it. Because at this time his party is still trying to extinguish the fire, so that it does not continue to spread to other points.

The Karawang BPBD Fire Brigade team was assisted by the ranks of the TNI and Polri in extinguishing the fire that burned the Jalupang TPA area.

Meanwhile, the Jalupang TPA, located in Wancimekar Village, Kotabaru District, Karawang, covers an area of about 10 hectares. In the TPA area, the height of the pile of garbage reaches about 15 meters.