JAKARTA - Head of the East Java Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Gatot Soebroto stated that the ground task force (task force) is currently being deployed again for wetting land after forest and land fires (karhutla) hit Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS), East Java, out.
Gatot said the fire in the Bromo area had been handled with a heliwater bombing unit.
Puma helicopters have operated 29 times, and Bell helicopters 12 times in an effort to conduct water bombings to extinguish fires.
"Alhamdulillah, it has been extinguished and now our ground troops are doing blackouts and wetting for Bromo," said Gatot as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 13.
He explained that the effort to extinguish the fire using the water bombing method also had obstacles, one of which was strong winds, which could be dangerous, and a very wide savanna area.
Moreover, the blackout of forest and land fires in the mountain area is running, the ground task force often encounters hotspots in steep and steep locations, making it difficult to reach.
"We continue to impose restrictions, so that the fire does not spread or jump to a new location. Thank God it is effective so that today we continue to extinguish the land," he said.
Gatot said that until now, TNBTS was closed for the safety of visitors. He admitted that officers often miss monitoring visitors who are not disciplined in the rules in the area.
According to him, it is necessary for visitors to be aware of the condition of TNBTS in the dry season, so that when the area is reopened to the public, people can avoid things that cause forest and land fires.
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