A total of 30 hotspots are spread across four districts, namely Kutai Barat Regency with seven locations spread across three sub-districts, namely Kelay (one hotspot), Sambaliung (four hotspots), and Tabalar (two hotspots).
The Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics (Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika or simply BMKG) Balikpapan has detected 30 hotspots (early indicators of forest and land fires) scattered throughout East Kalimantan Province. Diyan Novrida, the Coordinator of Data and Information at the Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Meteorology Class I Station, BMKG Balikpapan, urged everyone to be vigilant and prevent the number of hotspots from increasing.
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“During Saturday (13/5/2023) from 01.00 to 24.00 WITA, we monitored a total of 30 hotspots,” said Diyan on Sunday (14/5/2023) in Balikpapan.
The distribution of these hotspots has been reported to the relevant authorities, including the local Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), to take further action. The day before, on Friday (12/5/2023), BMKG also detected six hotspots in East Kalimantan, but these hotspots were already extinguished after being handled by the relevant authorities. Meanwhile, the 30 hotspots monitored throughout Saturday were new hotspots that emerged in different locations with different coordinates compared to the previous day.
A total of 30 hotspots are spread across four districts, namely Kutai Barat Regency with seven locations spread across three sub-districts, namely Kelay (one hotspot), Sambaliung (four hotspots), and Tabalar (two hotspots). Then in Kutai Barat Regency, there is one hotspot that was detected in Bongan sub-district.
In Kutai Kartanegara Regency, five hotspots were detected, scattered across four sub-districts, namely Loa Kulu (two hotspots) and Loa Janan, Muara Badak, and Tenggarong Seberang (one hotspot each).
In Kutai Timur Regency, 17 hotspots were detected, scattered across four sub-districts, namely Bengalon (eight hotspots), Busang (three hotspots), Kaubun (three hotspots), and Sangatta Utara (three hotspots).
“We urge everyone to always be vigilant and take care to prevent forest and land fires, even though this month is still in the rainy season in East Kalimantan,” said Diyan.
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