Fire Extinguishing At The Slope Of Mount Kawi Malang Constrained By Extreme Medan

Efforts to extinguish the fire on the terrain with extreme slopes on the slopes of Mount Kawi, in Wagir District, Malang Regency, East Java, Wednesday (8/11/2023). BETWEEN/HO-BPBD Malang Regency.

Malang Regency's Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) stated that the process of extinguishing the fire on the slopes of Mount Kawi, Malang Regency, East Java, was constrained by extreme terrain. Emergency and Logistics Division of Malang Regency BPBD, Sadono Irawan said the extreme terrain in the Batu Tulis area, Petak 193 slopes of Mount Kawi, endangered the safety of the fire team. "The field conditions are quite extreme, stratified and hilly. It is difficult to reach and quite endanger the safety of the fire team," said Sadono as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, November 9. Sadono explained that efforts to extinguish the fire that had an impact on the area of approximately 46 hectares, were also hampered by the presence of quite thick fog during the blackout process. In his opinion, the majority of the vegetation burned in the area was a spruce tree of mountains and shrubs. Currently, the spread of fire that began in the Petak 193 area has spread until the Savana 1 area. "The spread of fire has already reached Savana 1. The process of extinguishing the weather constraints are also quite thick," he said. Currently, the joint team is trying to extinguish the fire requires additional extinguishing equipment such as sickles, hoes and spurs, including additional logistics in the form of food. "For urgent needs, in addition to extinguishing equipment, logistics such as mineral water, ready-to-eat food, additional nutrition and masks are needed," he said.

The forest and land fires have occurred since Tuesday (7/11) at approximately 20.35 WIB, the main cause is still unknown. BPBD is still focused on extinguishing the fire and deploying approximately 50 personnel. The location of the forest and land fires on the slopes of Mount Kawi, located approximately four kilometers from the Command Post 1 of the Wagir Forest Management Resort (RPH), Malang Regency. Although it is four kilometers away, the joint team takes up to seven hours to that point. The location of the fire has a difficult field to reach by the joint team that extinguishs the fire using manual methods.