Tangerang - Tangerang Regent Moch. Maesyal Rasyid stated that the emergency response status for the fire disaster at the Jatiwaringin Final Disposal Site (TPA), Mauk District, Banten, was valid for two weeks on July 1-14, 2026 to optimize the handling by the joint team.
"In accordance with the laws and regulations, after the SK Bupati about the state of emergency was issued, the rules will be valid for 14 days," said Regent Maesyal as quoted by Antara, Sunday, July 5.
However, if this stage of disaster management can run optimally and quickly for approximately 14 days, then the emergency status can be adjusted to the conditions in the field.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Environment (LH) Diaz Faisal Malik Hendropriyono said that handling the fire extinguishing at the Jatiwaringin landfill continues through a joint operation carried out by officers from various elements.
His party has deployed thermal drones or technology that uses infrared cameras to detect heat radiation to analyze the source of the fire, the fire points.
Then, for the next step, his party deployed two mobile monitoring systems to monitor air quality at the fire location.
The government through the Ministry of Forestry has also deployed 30 personnel from the Manggala Agni team from Sulawesi and West Java regions.
They, he said, already have quite good experience with high-pressure equipment that is special, carrying out direct extinguishing to the point of fire below the surface of the garbage pile.
"Because it will be more optimal if it is not only irrigated from above. Because below it is still on fire, so we need the help of Manggala Agni to inject it to the point below," he said.
Meanwhile, through the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) together with the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), his party has prepared a weather modification technology (TMC) operation scheme to help accelerate the blackout.
This effort was carried out so that the emergency situation of the fire disaster which reached an area of approximately 15 hectares could be immediately controlled.
"So it is possible or possible to carry out TMC operations tomorrow. We will do it together with BNPB and BMKG," he concluded.
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