BPBD Suggests Boat Tangkuban Area To Be Temporarily Closed To Fire Extinguished

The current situation in the natural tourism area of Mount Tangkuban Parahu, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Thursday (5/9/2024). (ANTARA/Rubby Jovan)

BANDUNG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of West Bandung suggested that all natural tourism areas of Mount Tangkuban Boat, West Bandung Regency, West Java, be temporarily closed following the fire that hit the area since Wednesday, September 4. The Head of BPBD West Bandung Meidi stated that temporary closures needed to be carried out for the safety of visitors in the area, until the fire was completely extinguished. "We recommend temporarily closing it. This means that if it is temporarily closed it will obviously have an impact on the number of visitors. And I think that's natural. because to keep someone from becoming a victim,” said Meidi in West Bandung, Antara, Thursday, September 5. Meidi revealed that currently, his party is still having difficulty reaching the hotspots because the terrain is steep and difficult to reach by fire engines. "Medan can only be passed by off-road vehicles. Then the entry vehicle lane can only be penetrated through the Sukawana Tea Plantation, Parongpong," he said. Therefore, his party has deployed joint personnel consisting of elements of BPDB, TNI-Polri, Fire Service. to volunteers, who are struggling to extinguish the fire so as not to continue to spread to residential areas. "We continue to try to extinguish the fire by deploying 300 joint personnel supported by fire extinguishers," he said. Furthermore, Meidi said that his party had asked the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to deploy water bombing helicopters to deal with fires in the five-hectare forest area.

“ With conditions like this we have communicated with BNPB. I must have the courage to convey a bitter analysis. So I quickly asked for help to send out the fire by air, "” he said.