NTT - A total of 41 personnel from the Komodo National Park Center (BTNK) managed to extinguish the fire in the Laju Pemali savanna location, West Manggarai on Sunday, August 8 today.
"The fire was extinguished at five this morning by 41 BTNK ranger personnel," said Head of BTNK Lukita Awang when contacted from Labuan Bajo as reported by Antara.
Awang explained that the weather at the fire site was quite hot during the day. Therefore, the effort to extinguish the fire from Saturday night to Sunday morning was enough to help the officers to have no trouble putting out the fire in the midst of hot weather.
The savanna fire in Laju Pemali, Komodo National Park area, West Manggarai, occurred on Saturday at around 15.00 WITA. The location of Laju Pemali is west of Komodo Island and south of Loh Wenci.
The area of land burned in Laju Pemali is about 10 hectares, while the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Awang emphasized that the location is not a habitat for Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) so it can be ascertained that there are no Komodo dragons there and they are still monitoring the fire location. The personnel must ensure that there are no more fires in the Laju Pemali savanna.
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