Palm Oil Plantation In Labut Terbakar, Mukomuko Is Now Covered With Smoke

TNI members from Kodim 0428/Mukomuko together with the police and BPBD extinguished peatland fires in Bandar Ratu Village, Saturday (11/25/2023). (Doc. ANTARA/Ferri)

MUKOMUKO - About 10 hectares of oil palm plantations on peatlands owned by residents from Kerinci, Jambi Province located in RT 5 Bandar Ratu Village, Mukomuko City District since Wednesday, November 22, caught fire.

As a result, some areas of Mukomuko City District, Bengkulu Province, since the last few days have also been filled with smog that came from a peatland fire near the Rosnaniyah Foundation, Bandar Ratu Village. "Today, they have been trying to extinguish the peatland fire," said Head of the Mukomuko Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Ahmad Hidayat Syah in Mukomuko, Saturday.

In addition, he said, his agency is now constrained by long hoses because the coverage of the burning peatlands is getting further and further away.

If you know from the start, he said, it is possible that the peatland fire was quickly handled and did not spread to other peatlands in this area. He stated that although it is currently drizzling rain, the rain is the same as dew not to extinguish the peatland fire. "To extinguish this peatland fire requires a lot of water and extinguishing peatland fires can't just be done once," concluded Ujang, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, November 25.