3 Hectares Of Peat Land In Nagan Raya Aceh Burned

NAGAN RAYA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, noted that three hectares of peatlands were located in Sumber Bakti Village, Darul Makmur District, the local district caught fire.

"Currently, efforts to extinguish the fire are still being carried out," said Head of BPBD Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh, Irfanda Rinadi as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 14.

He explained that the extinguishing effort was carried out by BPBD Nagan Raya personnel together with a joint team consisting of the TNI, Polri, and oil palm plantation companies.

Land fires in the Sumber Bakti area, Darul Makmur District, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh began to be known from the emergence of hotspots in the application at the local BPBD.

His party then deployed personnel to the scene to carry out extinguishing efforts, with the hope that the spread of the fire could be stopped immediately.

To facilitate the blackout, BPBD Nagan Raya together with a joint team also deployed four water pump machines to the scene, to extinguish the fire.

Irfanda said that as of Wednesday afternoon, only about 20 percent of the fire could be extinguished at the scene due to limited water sources at the location of the fire.

"Because this burned location is peatland, so the water source is very limited," he added.

Despite continuing to make efforts to extinguish the fire, the Nagan Raya BPBD has so far not known the cause of the peatland fire in the area.