TANGERANG - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that about 30 percent of the area of the fire at the Jatiwaringin Final Disposal Site (TPA), Mauk, Tangerang Regency, Banten, has begun to extinguish and be controlled.
Director of Emergency Operation Control Coordination of BNPB, Brigadier General TNI Djohan Darmawan, said that entering the 4th day of emergency control operations at the Jatiwaringin landfill, the optimization of two water bombing helicopter fleets is still being carried out to accelerate the blackout.
"Meanwhile, we can see that in the morning the wind is too strong. These officers also work to the maximum during the morning, afternoon, and evening," he explained as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 3.
In maximizing fire control, his party has also deployed 18 fire fighting (damkar) fleets to comb through fire points that have not been reached by water bombers.
"So it's the fourth day, we've brought in two units of water bombing helicopters, including 18 firefighters," he said.
However, 30 percent of the burned area was successfully extinguished. However, officers in the field are still hampered by the condition of the wind which is quite strong, making it a major challenge for officers to control the fire.
To speed up handling, he said, as many as 30 Manggala Agni personnel from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) will be involved in accelerating the extinguishing process by applying the inject method.
"So this injection system will be made into a pipe. Later the pipe will be bolongin, including from Manggala Agni who is used to doing it. Maybe this afternoon the action has started," he said.
Meanwhile, based on monitoring at the location on Friday afternoon, the smoke and fire points on several garbage piles were still on fire. On the other hand, the blackout continues to be carried out in an integrated manner through air and land routes.
Two BNPB water bombing helicopters were again deployed to water the fire points that were difficult to reach from the ground.
In addition to the blackout, heavy equipment of the excavator type was operated to decompose the pile of wet garbage. This step aims to open access to the fire point which is in the inside of the garbage pile, as well as preventing the embers from re-igniting.
Then for access to the road from the Jatiwaringin landfill area to the Sukadiri District, it is currently being restricted, only allowing vehicles to pass through the fire service, TNI, Polri, medical personnel, and related agencies involved in handling fires.
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