JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) stated that a joint team managed to extinguish a forest and land fire (karhutla) covering an area of three hectares that hit the Solok Regency area, West Sumatra (Sumbar).
Head of the BNPB Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center, Abdul Muhari said the quick action of officers in the field made the fire not spread and could be localized quickly.
"The land that burned an area of three hectares was successfully extinguished by the Solok Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency and the joint team," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 3.
Abdul explained that the fire incident was first detected hitting the vegetation area on Monday (1/6) afternoon at around 18.30 WIB.
The BNPB Operations Control Center confirmed as reported by the BPBD Solok rapid response team, the fire point is concentrated in the Nagari Paninggahan administration area, Junjung Sirih District, Solok Regency.
Receiving reports of the red-hot rampage, fire personnel from the Solok Regency BPBD immediately moved to the location with TNI elements, Polridan and local fire-conscious people.
The integrated joint team then carried out a blockade of the area to cut off the embers that were burning dry bushes in the affected area.
After struggling to control the situation on the ground, officers finally managed to ensure that all the fire points were completely extinguished at night around 22.00 WIB.
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