13 Hot Spots Monitored In 4 Regencies In East Kalimantan Province, BMKG Asks Related Parties To Immediately Anticipate

BALIKPAPAN - A total of 13 hotspots were monitored in four districts in the province of East Kalimantan. Related parties, both at the provincial and district levels, were asked to take action and take anticipatory steps.

"There were 13 hotspots monitored yesterday Sunday starting at 01.00-12.00 WIB," said Class I Station Forecaster Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman (SAMS) Sepinggan Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Balikpapan Ilham Rosihan Fachturoni in Balikpapan, Antara, Monday, June 6. .

The hot spot monitoring immediately informs the relevant agencies, both provincial and district, especially to the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) in each region, so that they can take further action to deal with it.

Two days earlier, 10 hot spots were also detected spread over three districts and were immediately informed to the local BPBD, so that the hot spots had disappeared, while the 13 hot spots detected today are hotspots at different coordinates, even though some are in the same district. .

A total of 13 hot spots detected today are in four regencies, namely Berau Regency, which has 4 hot spots, Kutai Kartanegara Regency 3 hot spots, East Kutai Regency 5 hot spots, and Paser Regency has 1 hot spot.

The details are that in Berau Regency, the 4 hot spots were monitored spread over two sub-districts, namely Segah District, there were 3 hot spots and Kelay District 1 hot spot, all of which had a medium level of confidence.

Then the 3 hotspots in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, he continued, were spread over three sub-districts, namely Loa Janan, Kembang Janggut, and Muara Wis Subdistricts with all hot spots having a medium level of confidence.

Next, the 5 hot spots detected in East Kutai were spread over three sub-districts, namely Kaubun District, which had 3 hot spots, then Long Mesaat District and Telen District, each with 1 hot spot with a medium level of confidence.

"For 1 hot spot located in Paser Regency, it was monitored in Kuaro District at coordinates 116.3289 longitude - -1.8201 latitude with a medium level of confidence," said Ilham.