Joint Officers Still Struggling To Put Out The Fire On The Jatibarang Semarang TPA, Covering An Area Of 5 Hectares

Firefighters tried to extinguish the fire that hit the Jatibarang Semarang TPA, Monday (ANTARA/ IC Senjaya)

Joint officers are still trying to extinguish the fire that hit two zones at the Final Disposal Site (TPA) of garbage in Jatibarang, Semarang City, Central Java.

Head of the Semarang City Fire Department, Nurkolis, said the area of the two burned zones reached five hectares.

The two zones are each zone one which is a former waste TPA that is no longer used and a former fertilizer factory zone that is below it.

"Both locations are passive zones, there is no new addition of waste," he said.

The method of extinguishing the fire, he continued, was carried out by combing the edges of the waste TPA.

"Hopefully the wind doesn't blow hard, because the wind is very influential," said Nurkolis.

A fire hit the Jatibarang TPA area, Semarang City, on Monday, September 18, noon.

The fire first appeared in the former TPA at the top which spread to the bottom.

The trigger for the fire in the TPA that has been closed is not yet known.

Strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly into the area in the garbage pile area.