BNPB Focuses On Stopping The Spread Of Fire At The Cat Rawa TPA

Illustration: Firefighters and a helicopter extinguished fire spots in the Rawa Cat TPA, Tangerang City/ANTARA PHOTO/Sulthony Hasanuddin/rwa

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is focusing on stopping the fire management at the Rawa Cat Final Disposal Site (TPA) Tangerang City, Banten.

Head of the Data Center, Information on BNPB Disaster Communication Abdul Muhari said the fire conditions were quite severe, as happened in TPARawa Cats, controlling the fire fighting first at the end of a steep area.

"The focus of the water bombing team here in 1, 2, or maybe the next 3 days ensures that the fire dies at the selling limit, so that our focus may be on the next two days wetting the central area," said Abdul Muhari as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 24.

He said the fire extinguishing of the Rawa Cat TPA began with a heliwater bombing on Monday (23/10). The helicopter was brought in after operating in Bali.

"The total estimate is that the team in the field conveys 34.8 hectares with a depth of 20 to 40 centimeters on fire, so we try to facilitate mobilization by taking water from the estuary of the Cisadane River," said Abdul.

From the estimated 40 tons of water that was lowered to extinguish the Rawa Cat TPA, the air task force managed to drop more than 80 tons of water, out of 105 to wet the edge of the area that would spread.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated, he said, whether from human factors that throw cigarette butts or other causes such as impinging methane gas from piles of garbage.