Palangka Raya Police Install Police Lines And Deploy 25 Personnel To Handle Forest And Land Fires

The Palangka Raya Police checked the forest and land fires in Petuk Katimpun Village, yesterday. BETWEEN/Humas Polresta Palangka Raya.

The Palangka Raya Police deployed 25 personnel to deal with forest and land fires (karhutla) that occurred in the local area.

"There are about 25 personnel that we involve in the blackout of forest and land fires that occurred in our jurisdiction," said Head of Ops of the Palangka Raya Police, Ganda B Napitupulu when contacted in Palangka Raya, Friday, September 1, confiscated by Antara.

Ganda said that the cause of the fire of tens of hectares of land in Palangka Raya City is still being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Palangka Raya Police.

Investigators from the Palangka Raya Police have installed a police line from the location of the heavily burned land in the local area.

"If an investigation has been carried out regarding the forest and land fire case, of course it is already the realm of the investigation. But if there are suspects later, they will be exposed to the media, for now I have not dared to speak," he said.

The police officer with the rank of jasmine one emphasized that the cause of forest and land fires is certainly very small due to natural factors. This means that the fire is strongly suspected to have been caused by human burning.

It's just that until now the police have not been able to dismantle the allegations, therefore the Palangka Raya Police Satreskrim investigators continue to investigate.

"The cause of forest and land fires is strongly suspected to have been carried out by humans who deliberately took advantage of the current conditions," he said.

Added Doubles, for personnel involved in extinguishing forest and land fires in the field so far, there have been many obstacles. These obstacles include the absence of water sources near the forest and land fires location, then the distance from the location and fire equipment must be lifted and the distance of the burned land is also far away.

"We admit that the air forest and land fires in our area in the morning are also not healthy, namely the smell of smoke due to forest and land fires," he concluded.