Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (Antaranews Kalsel) - Banjarbaru Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) personnel assisted by Manggala Agni (firefighter brigade) volunteers and TNI and Polri personnel are overwhelmed by forest and land fires in the city.
Banjarbaru Acting Head of BPBD Ahmad Syarief Nizami here Monday said dozens of personnel were trying hard to extinguish land fires.
"The burned land is located on Jalan Pengayuan, Liang Anggang Sub-district. The fire has started since 07.00 and the team extinguished until 4:00 p.m.," he said.
He acknowledged putting out were difficult due to access constraints and the difficulty of finding water sources for watering the fire which destroyed 6 hectares of the land.
The team used a strategy to replenish water to the water reservoir in the BPBD car alternately so that sufficient water was available.
"Four cars were used. Two to fill water to the reservoir and the other two sprayed the flames, so the extinguishing were smooth," he said.
Thank God, when they were overwhelmed to extinguish the fire, it rained almost in the entire Banjarbaru, including the location of the fire, so the flames gradually disappeared.
"We are grateful that the rain was heavy enough so that the flames could disappear. Otherwise we would be more overwhelmed by the flames that continue to grow," he said.
The fire of empty land which was about 100 meters from the side of the main road Jalan Ahmad Yani km 25, he said, was caused by the heat that made the twigs and leaves easily burned.
Banjarbaru is overwhelmed facing land fires
Selasa, 18 September 2018 6:31 WIB
The burned land is located on Jalan Pengayuan, Liang Anggang Sub-district. The fire has started since 07.00 and the team extinguished until 4:00 p.m.,