PALMOILMAGAZINE, PELALAWAN – A joint team comprising the Pelalawan Police, Army personnel, the Regional Disaster Agency, representatives from the company’s RPK (Rencana Pengelolaan Kebakaran), and the Masyarakat Peduli Api (MPA) effectively managed to extinguish a forest fire spanning approximately 15 hectares in the Village of Gambut Mutiara, Teluk Meranti Subdistrict, Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province.
The Police Chief of Riau Province, Irjen Pol Mohammad Iqbal, stated that the team had been combating the blaze for several days and successfully contained fires across six identified hotspots.
“From the check result of the hotspot at Dashboard Lancang Kuning, there were 6 hotspots. Alhamdulillah it was no more and it is in cooling process,” Iqbal said, as Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from media center Riau, Thursday (21/3/2024).
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Pelalawan Police Chief, AKBP Suwinto also told the blackout was in difficult spots. It took eight hours to get there. The areas were about 15 hectares and the team is cooling the spots.
“The locations were bushes, there were palm oil trees, and the people’s empty areas. The team is cooling the spots,” Suwinto said.
The team consisted of 89 personals from the police about 35, the army about 4 personals, Regional Disaster Management Agency abuot 10 personals, RPK of PT. THIP about 30 personals, and ten from MPA. Though the fire was successfully extinguished, the team still cooled it down in order not to spread to other locations.
Besides, the team also used tools, such as, 15 motor bikes, 1 GPS, 1 drone, 6 shibaura, 4 mini-striker machines, 1 Honda machine, 1 heavy tools, and 3 speedboats. (T2)
