25 Hectares of Forest in Tanjung Pinggir Batam Burned, Here's The Facts

TRIBUNBATAM.id - Forest fires in Tanjung Pinggir, Sekupang, Batam, Monday (2/3/2020) and still not extinguished perfectly, until the next day, Tuesday (3/3/2020).

This fire made 25 hectare forest which was originally green, become arid.

Check out the series of facts related to the forest fire:

Difficult to Put Out

The fire that burned down the forest in Tanjung Pinggir Batam was difficult to extinguish because firefighters experienced some difficulties in taming Red Rooster, among them the hilly forest contour and the valley and the strong wind.

Damaged 25 hectares of land

The fire quickly spread and caused around 25 hectares of forest in Tanjung Pinggir Batam to catch fire.

The trigger, the condition of forest is dry.

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"Beside that, access to hotspots is very large. Because of conditions on forest ground is dry, so it is flammable.

Yesterday the wind was quite strong, so the burning embers flew by the wind.

If it gets hit in another forest area, it can become a trigger or a new fire point, "said Head of BP Batam's Mitigation and Fire Mitigation Section Barlian Untoro.

Ash Spreads to Population Areas

Forest fires in Tanjung Pinggir not only triggered smoke that disturbed breathing but also caused ash to spread to surrounding residents.

However, officers continued to extinguish the fire during forest fire.

Barlian said, after receiving a report from public last Monday at around 13:00 WIB.