JAKARTA - The Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Headquarters recorded that the fire in the Wadon crater of Gunung Gede is estimated to have reached 5.8 hectares. The extinguishing effort is still being carried out by hundreds of people consisting of officers and volunteers from various regions.
Public Relations of the TNGGP Headquarters, Agus Deni, said that until now the handling process and fire efforts are still ongoing, even the Forest Fire Control Post (Dalkarhut) as a command and logistics center has been built on the climbing route.
The establishment of the post office is to support coordination, communication, and data collection during the handling process carried out by the joint officers who also involve the surrounding community at the foot of the mountain.
"Efforts to extinguish are still being carried out by joint officers and volunteers, even 27 personnel from the joint team were sent back to strengthen the efforts to handle and monitor the fire," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, August 14.
His party noted that the area of land affected by the fire, especially in the Wadon crater of Mount Gede, is estimated to reach 5.8 hectares, where the latest information appears to be a new point that has not been reached due to difficult terrain conditions.
The point is in a fairly isolated area so that the potential for fire to spread is considered relatively small, in order to anticipate widespread fires, the joint officers and volunteers installed a 2-meter-wide fire barrier around the location and affected areas.
Including strengthening fire prevention efforts by increasing coordination, adding personnel, and ensuring that the logistics needs of the team in the field are met every day.
"In general, the results of monitoring show that the condition is improving, but the search is being carried out again to ensure that the area around the embers is completely extinguished," he said.
Meanwhile, dozens of volunteers chose to descend from the Wadon crater area of Mount Gede because they were disappointed that for several days they had struggled to put out the fire without support from the national park.
Their disappointment increased when there was a statement that the fire in the Wadon crater of Mount Gede was conducive while the fire point appeared in a number of points, this made them choose to leave the location.
"There are many statements and responses from the station officers who slow down the volunteers to handle, especially no attention to volunteers who have been working for the last eight days," said one of the volunteers, Niko Rastagil.
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