Entering The Rainy Season, BMKG Detects A Decrease In Hotspots From 21 To 13

Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Balikpapan Station Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected a drop in hot spots from 21 points since Friday, January 19 to 13 points on Saturday, January, after handling and rain.

"A total of 13 hotspots were monitored throughout last Saturday from 01.00 to 24.00 WITA," said the Coordinator for Data and Information at the Sultan Aji Class I Station Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan BMKG Balikpapan Diyan Novrida, quoted from Antara, Sunday, January 21.

Information on the distribution of hotspots has been conveyed to related parties, including the provincial and district level Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) so that further action can be taken.

He said that currently it is indeed the rainy season, but there are still a number of areas where there is no rain in a few days that can cause leaves and twigs in the forest and dry land, making it flammable.

Although the number of hotspots has decreased, he still urges all parties to always be vigilant and together prevent additional forest and land fires (karhutla) from occurring, such as not burning in forests or land.

The day before, 21 hotspots were detected, all of which were in East Kutai Regency spread over several sub-districts, namely Sangatta Utara District (2), Bengalon (16), Kaliorang (1), and Kaubun District (2), all of which have a middle level of trust.

"Meanwhile, the 13 points detected yesterday were spread over two districts, namely in East Kutai, 11 points were observed and the rest were one point in Kutai Kartanegara," he said.

The details for Kutai Kartanegara are in Muara Badak District and 11 points in East Kutai are spread over four sub-districts namely Sangatta Utara District (2), Bengalon (7), Muara Wahau (1), and Rantau Pulung (2), all of which have a middle level of trust.

"I again appeal to all elements of society to help prevent forest and land fires, because there are still many leaves and dry branches on flammable land," he said.