Fire On The Senaru Climbing Line Mount Rinjani Has Been Extinguished

The condition of forest fires on the Senaru Mount Rinjani climbing route in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Thursday (14/11/2024). BETWEEN/HO-TNGR NTB

JAKARTA - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Gunung Rinjani National Park (TNGR) stated that the land fire on the Senaru hiking trail in the Mount Rinjani area of Lombok was declared extinguished.

"The latest condition is based on satellite monitoring and information from the team that is still at the location that the fire has been extinguished," said Head of the West Nusa Tenggara TNGR Hall, Yarman in Mataram, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 14.

A forest fire on the Senaru Resort climbing route in the Mount Rinjani National Park area on November 13-14, 2024, based on overlay hotspots and GPS data on the fire team obtained a total area of around 100 hectares.

"The fire area is about 100 hectares," he said.

He said to pay attention to the safety of visitors, the climbing route was closed through the Senaru entrance starting Thursday, November 14, 2024 until the situation returned to normal.

"Let's be wiser in using fire when carrying out activities in the Mount Rinjani National Park area," he said.

The land fire in the Mount Rinjani area was discovered through the Sipongi application on Wednesday (13/11) detected a hotspot around the Senaru climbing tourist route and officers received information from guides and porters who descended through the Senaru gate climbing route.

"They saw the hotspots around the Batu Ceper area, the Senaru climbing tourist route, the Mount Rinjani National Park Center," he said.

Based on this information, joint forces together with the blackout team were immediately dispatched to take action to extinguish the fire in the field.

Therefore, he reminded all parties to increase vigilance, especially for visitors who are in Segara Anak Lake to be careful and avoid the direction of the Senaru climbing tourist route as an anticipatory measure so that unwanted things do not occur.

"We urge climbers to remain vigilant," he said.