Mount Pandemor Fire Malang Due To Lightning Sambaran Reaches 3.5 Hectares

Joint personnel at the time of extinguishing the fire on Mount Pandemic, Batu City, East Java, Wednesday (22/11/2023). BETWEEN/HO-BPBD Batu City.

The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Batu City stated that the area affected by the fire on Mount Panderman, Batu City, East Java, was reported to have reached 3.5 hectares.

Head of BPBD Batu City Agung Sedayu said the fire that started with a lightning strike on the slopes of Mount Panderman or to be precise at Petak 227 Resort Forest Management (RPH) Oro-Oro Ombo on Tuesday, November 21.

"The area of the burned land is approximately 3.5 hectares," said Agung.

Agung explained that the joint team deployed was still collecting data on the latest area affected by the forest and land fires, considering that the flames also spread to the top of Mount Pandemani.

According to him, the location of the forest and land fires on the mountain which has a height of 2,045 meters above sea level (masl) is not on the hiking trail. The Mount Pandemani Climbing Post is temporarily closed.

"The location of the forest and land fires is not on the hiking trail. The Pandemani Climbing Post has been temporarily closed," he said, quoted by Antara.

He added that although the fire incident was reported to have occurred quite large, handling was still deploying personnel to extinguish the manual. No operations are needed on a larger scale or using the water bombing method.

"It doesn't require water bombing. For today's area of land burned, it is still being collected," he said.

Karhutla occurred in Lereng Gunung Panderman, Batu City, East Java, to be precise at Petak 227 Resort Forest Management (RPH) Oro-Oro Ombo on Tuesday, November 21, due to a lightning strike.

As a result of the strike that hit a tree on the slopes of Mount Pandemani, the fire then spread to the top of Mount Pandemani. The fire burned the vegetation of cypress and logs that were at the scene.

The fire handling that occurred on Mount Panderman was carried out by a joint team from the Batu City BPBD, Perhutani KPH Malang, Babinsa and Bhabinkamtibmas Oro-Oro Ombo, East Java Province Disaster Information Agency, volunteers and residents.