205 Hectares Of Land In Mount Rinjani National Park, NTB Burned

Officers checked the burning land at Mount Rinjani National Park on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara. (ANTARA)

The area of land that later caught fire in the Mount Rinjani National Park area on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, reached 205 hectares according to officials at the national park hall.

Head of the Gunung Rinjani National Park Office, Dedy Asriady, said that the land fire that occurred on the Mount Rinjani hiking trail had been extinguished.

"There is no smoke that arises," said Dedy, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, August 10.

He said that land fires, among others, had an impact on shrubs, ward trees, and cypress trees.

"The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the authorities," he said.

The climbing route of Mount Rinjani through Aik Berik Village, North Batukliang District, Central Lombok Regency, and Tetebatu Village, Sikur District, East Lombok Regency, was temporarily closed starting August 7, 2023 because land fires were known to have occurred in the area on August 4, 2023.

Dedy said that the two hiking trails would be reopened after their condition was confirmed safe.

Based on data in the forest and land fire monitoring system in the SiPongi application and reports from officers, land fires are known to have occurred at the Aik Berik Resort.

After monitoring results showed that there was a fire and a puff of smoke on the Aik Berik hiking trail on Friday (4/8) at 07.20 WITA, officers were dispatched to extinguish the fire in the area.