Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Antaranews Kalimantan) - Land area of ​​five haktare in the Sub-district of Gambut adjacent to the gas station or know here as SPBU at Jalan Ahmad Yani Km 17 on fire and residents around panicked.
"The incident was on Thursday (1/10) morning around 09.00 and add to the smog and disturbing the flow of traffic," said Gambut Sector police chief AKP Christogus Liren SH on Thursday.
He said the burnt area is very close to the gas station and not long then came to the aid of firefighters to extinguish the fire.
In addition to the fire department of Gambut Police, also came one platoon of the Sabhara of Banjar Police, one platoon from Directorate of Sabhara South Kalimantan Police, one platoon of Mobile Brigade, a joint company of 621 and two military personnel from the Gambut Koramil joined in fighting fire.
Three cars of Gambut Firefighters, two cars from Banjarmasin firefighters, and two cars from Landasan Ulin, a unit of Banjar Police water cannon and a Banjar Mobile Brigade water cannon unit assisted the fighting. Community also participated to extinguish fire of land overgrown with dry bushes.
Gambut police chief said the fire of a five hectares dry land due to previous high wind and coal underneath lit up and put out the fire.
"There is no land burner offender for the incident and is purely due to strong winds and embers under the dry scrub of the previous fires back lit and put out the fire," said the man who had served as police chief in Angsana, Tanah Bumbu.
