Rain Extinguishes Peatland Fires In Mukomuko Bengkulu

MUKOMUKO - Heavy rains that lashed Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu on Tuesday night, November 30, helped extinguish peatland fires.

"We consider the extinguishing of the peatland that burned on Tuesday, November 30 almost complete, plus heavy rains that flushed this area on Tuesday, November 30 night", said Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Mukomuko Ramdani, in a statement quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 1st.

About one hectare of peatland located next to the National Search and Rescue Agency office, behind the Kodim in this area, was burnt down.

The local Regional Disaster Management Agency together with firefighters, TNI, police have been fighting peatland fires in this area for the last two days.

However, there were still three hotspots in the peatland location and at that time joint officers from BPBD, Fire, TNI, and police were still trying to extinguish the fire.

Then the activities of officers in extinguishing the burning peatlands stopped after heavy rains in this area.

"After we monitored there were no more hotspots in the location of the burned peatlands", he said.

However, he said that the current conditions are still changing from summer to rainy season during the current La Nina.

Furthermore, his party appealed to the community of oil palm farmers in this area to be careful with the conditions in this area which is entering the summer of lm

In addition, people are careful about burning garbage and throwing cigarette butts in random places such as on peatlands, for dodos artisans of palm oil fresh fruit bunches are warned not to throw cigarette butts on oil palm plantations.

For handling peatland and forest fires this summer, he said, his party carried out their duties by instructions from the provincial BPBD, namely that the agency was still in anticipation of dry weather.