Karhutla Returns to Banjar Regency, Blackouts are Constrained by Access and Water

Until the extinguishing is complete, the cause of the fire at that location is not yet known.

Another fire occurred in the afternoon in Sungai Rangas Hambuku Village, still in West Martapura District. The fire burned around 0.7 hectares of dry rice fields. West Martapura Field Command Post officers handled the incident until the fire was extinguished.

The burnt area stated for the two locations is around 1.2 hectares. This figure is the sum of data on the Experience and the Rangas Hambuku River, not the total area of ​​forest and land fires in Banjar Regency on that day.

Reports of fire spread into the night

Apart from West Martapura, bush fires were reported in the Guntung Papuyu area, Gambut District.

After Maghrib, a fire also occurred in Sungkai Village, Simpang Empat District. Officers received a report of the incident at night.

In Pemangkih Baru Village, Tatah Makmur District, a fire burned rice straw left over from the harvest in the rice fields around the Islahul Aulad Islamic Boarding School.