Manggala Agni Operation Area Sumatra VI / Siak, Riau Ministry of Forestry is still struggling to extinguish a fire of 60 hectares of land in Tanjung Leban Village, Bandar Laksamana District, Bengkalis Regency.
Head of Manggala Agni Daops Sumatera VI/Siak, Ihsan Abdillah said his party had carried out a blackout since four days ago. Until now, the total area of the forest fire that has been extinguished is 17.5 ha with peat soil type.
"The team is blocking so that the fire does not spread widely. Further extinguishing is needed. The high wind speed and changing direction and dry fuel and a lot so that it is easier to spread the fire," he said as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, February 11.
According to him, on the burned land there are shrubs, acacia and there are also oil palms. The land is a production forest.
In the fire-fighting activity, his party lowered Regu III 13 people and Regu IV eight people. All of them have been camping since the first day by making tents until all fires were extinguished.
In addition, it was also involved in the fire extinguishing of the PT Bukit Batu Hutani Alami fire brigade, the Regional Disaster Management Agency, Babinsa, Bhabinkamtibmas, fire-conscious people, and residents around.
It is known that on Wednesday (11/2) this Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Pekanbaru Station detected a spike of 254 hot spots in Riau Province with the most number in Bengkalis Regency which reached 129 points.
Apart from Bengkalis Regency, the hot spot distribution is in Pelalawan (60), Inderagiri Hilir (33), Dumai City (13), Rokan Hilir (11), Siak (4), Kuantan Singingi (2), Kampar and Rokan Hulu each one. The number is based on data updates until 16.00 WIB, Wednesday (11/2).
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