Riau Forestry And Forestry Task Force Puts Out Fires In 3 Regions

PEKANBARU - The Riau Forestry and Forestry Task Force team put out fires at three fire points, namely in Rokan IV City of Rokan Hulu Regency (Rohil), Labuhan Tangga, Rokan Hilir Regency (Rohil), and Medang Kampai City of Dumai.

"Regarding the fire, we have deployed a water boom helicopter at Rokan IV Koto Rohul," said the Chief Executive (Kalaksa) to the Riau Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), M Edy Afrizal, in Pekanbaru as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 18.

He said that on Monday (18/7) afternoon, the water booming helicopter had extinguished the fire in Medang Kampai, Dumai.

However, Monday (18/7) the air task force team had extinguished the fire in Rohul, and the fire was extinguished, leaving only a small amount of smoke.

"Later, in the afternoon the helicopter was directed to extinguish the fire in Medang Kampai Dumai. Meanwhile, the hotspot in Rohil, located in Labuhan Tangga, caught fire again," he said.

However, in Rohil, a joint ground task force team has been dispatched, which may only be able to deploy a water booming helicopter there on Tuesday (18/7), because currently the helicopter is focusing on extinguishing the fire in Medang Kampai Dumai.

In the summer that hit Riau Province, forest and land fires (Karhutla) began to threaten Riau Province until Monday (18/7) three hotspots were observed in three areas.

"Today, three hotspots were observed in Riau," he said.