InfoSAWIT, TAPIN – The fire in forests and areas burnt people’s palm oil plantations in Village of Pandahan, District of Tapin, South Kalimantan Province. Head of Emergency and Logistic, Regional Disaster Management Agency (RDMA) District of Tapjn, Sofyan said that the fire burnt one hectare of people’s plantations in the region on Thursday (7/9/2023).

Besides, some other areas were getting the impacts from the fire - more than five hectares where bushes grew, were also in flame.

As InfoSAWIT quoted from Antara, team was going to the palm oil plantations in fire to extinguish it by carrying portable machine. RDMA Tapin and the team were still fighting for to extinguish the fire around the village.

Not only in Village of Pandahan, in almost the same time, the same thing happened in Village of Pematang Karangan, Sub district of Tapin Tengah. RDMA still gathered every information about the impacts fo the fire to evaluate every damage.

The fire in the forests and areas is a serious threat for environment and the local people. Besides damaging palm oil plantations as the source for some villagers, the fire threatens man’s health and negative to the local ecosystem. (T2)