InfoSAWIT, PAINAN – The fire in smallholders and people’s palm oil plantation in District of Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatera Province got wider because of the distance to the spot. In the past few days, the fire got wider or from one spot to be three sports and it needs to extinguish immediately.

Head of Preparedness and Logistic Regional Disaster Management Agency, District of Pesisir Selatan, Defri Siswardi said that his institution is doing the best to burnout the fire with the help of Lunang Police, army, and sub district official. But they have limited tools because the spots is difficult to reach and far from logistic center. But the agency still hoped that the fire would be immediately burned out.

“Limited access, bad communication system are the issues to burn out the fire. Coordination and help from others have issues,” he said as InfoSAWIT quoted from Antara recently.

The fire took place in Sub district of Silaut, the farthest one in southern of District of Pesisir Selatan. It is next to Bengkulu Province. Sub district of Silaut from Painan – the capital of District of Pesisir Selatan laid about 186 kilometers, while from Padang it laid about 264 kilometers.

The areas are categorized as Kota Terpadu Mandiri (KTM) the transmigration area in Lunang - Silaut. As one big palm oil plantation in Pesisir Selatan, if the fire takes place, there would be significant impacts.

The regional government and related instances in Pesisir Selatan and West Sumatera Province actively coordinated and tried to manage it. They also hoped, the helps and more available fire tools could immediately be delivered to help extinguish the fire more effectively. (T2)