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[00:00:00] Siregar donated the first bronze medal
[00:00:02] in
[00:00:07] the struggle of Indonesian techri athletes.
[00:00:09] Sumaya had to stop in the 2026 Asian Games final.
[00:00:12] Sumaya lost to
[00:00:15] Myanmar's Tekball athlete Kin Hinwai.
[00:00:19] The match score was won by Sumaya in the first set with a score of
[00:00:22] 12-10, but in the second set Sumaya lost with a score of
[00:00:26] 8-12 and in the third set she lost again with
[00:00:30] a score of 9-12. This Indonesian Tekball athlete from
[00:00:34] Riau made history as the first athlete to reach
[00:00:37] the final of the 2026 Asian Games.
[00:00:40] Takball is a sport that was competed for the first time
[00:00:46] anything on at the Asian Games, namely at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya,
[00:00:49] Japan. Previously, Sumaya defeated Indian techball athlete
[00:00:52] Kwimsi Waquin in
[00:00:55] the semifinals.
[00:01:06] and this is indeed one of the risks Meanwhile, Wushu became the sport
[00:01:08] that contributed Indonesia's first medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
[00:01:12] Seraf Narosiregar, Indonesian Wushu athlete,
[00:01:16] opened the red and white medal
[00:01:19] Okay, so what are the complaints? What's the most noticeable tap after successfully winning a bronze medal in the men's Changquan event.
[00:01:22] Naro achieved a total of
[00:01:25] 9,720
[00:01:29] concentration of dust and smoke particles in points. This achievement was obtained in the middle of
[00:01:39] continuously inhale this, because some are
[00:01:50] the particles produced
[00:03:57] If it's from here, no. Okay.
[00:04:12] Ah.
[00:04:17] Bar. Hair. Friends, let's all brief
[00:04:21] for 15 minutes to shoot
[00:04:24] up, 15 b for the peat
[00:04:27] nozzle.
[00:04:38] Thank you. Let's
[00:04:39] fight.
[00:04:43] Start.
[00:04:48] deaths as of Saturday. The outbreak, which
[00:04:50] Okay.
[00:04:53] Okay.
[00:05:01] Let's start the engine. Let's start the engine. We want to
[00:05:04] shoot
[00:05:05] plants.
[00:05:18] Brother Asrun, can you explain what this tool is? This is a planting nozzle,
[00:05:21] meaning we are trying to retrieve
[00:05:25] a fire bar at a depth of 1 meter because
[00:05:27] the fire is not visible, the smoke is not visible, but the bar is inside,
[00:05:31] so this nozzle is what we use
[00:05:34] so that it can reach what we cannot reach.
[00:05:38] Is it proven to be effective, brother? Yes, this is very effective, it's just quite
[00:05:41] exhausting.
[00:05:44] Peatlands are indeed very prone to burning. With a very high
[00:05:47] carbon content, peat becomes a natural
[00:05:50] fuel. Especially with its porous texture resembling a giant
[00:05:54] sponge, once ignited, it is capable of burning
[00:05:58] it. Unfortunately, the characteristics of peatlands
[00:06:02] in the Kuburaya area have extreme depths of up to
[00:06:06] tens of meters. As a result, embers are prone
[00:06:09] to being stored underground.
[00:06:13] So, we are not far from the hotspot location,
[00:06:18] faced by our volunteer friends because the fire is so
[00:06:22] close to the dry vegetation around us that
[00:06:25] it can catch fire at any time, right? Yes,
[00:06:27] that's right.
[00:06:32] More than 2 months of fighting forest and land fires is certainly
[00:06:36] not a short time. Threats to health and safety are certainly
[00:06:40] lurking. Firefighters.
[00:07:05] When there was still a lot of smoke and fire, it meant that
[00:07:08] they were constantly exposed to smoke like this, right, friends in the field?
[00:07:12] Yes, as long as there is still smoke, the volunteers,
[00:07:15] our colleagues, are indeed exposed to
[00:07:18] the smoke from the embers. What does it feel like,
[00:07:22] mas? Sometimes it feels
[00:07:24] tight, breathing is not smooth. Usually, not smooth means
[00:07:28] it feels heavy when you breathe in. Yes,
[00:07:31] exactly. True.
[00:07:34] Have you ever felt short of breath too, bro?
[00:07:38] Yes, but we anticipate it immediately because we have
[00:07:42] a backup from our volunteer friends. The point is,
[00:07:46] we do as much as we can. If
[00:07:49] we don't feel well, it's better to
[00:07:53] withdraw to ensure safety. What's the worst
[00:07:56] of it like, mas? When it's
[00:07:59] bad, it's very difficult to breathe.
[00:08:03] It's like our lungs feel like there's
[00:08:07] smoke obstructing them. When there are still a lot of hotspots,
[00:08:10] yes, what was it like at the beginning,
[00:08:14] mas? If it's a hotspot, actually,
[00:08:17] it can be seen that the problem is more about the smoke,
[00:08:21] because if there is smoke, then the dust from the burning
[00:08:25] is more dangerous,
[00:08:26] right?
[00:08:33] It feels like this, right? The fire never
[00:08:36] really went out. When
[00:08:39] we were just about to roll up the hose,
[00:08:43] another hotspot appeared in another part
[00:08:46] that was further into this peatland
[00:08:49] field.
[00:09:13] We even have to open a path first to reach
[00:09:17] the hotspot like
[00:09:18] this.
[00:09:26] If this gets hit, everything will burn
[00:09:28] up to the top, right? Because the
[00:09:32] fire point was high just now, right?
[00:09:35] I mean, from here, you can see
[00:09:39] if there's fire here. Look, it's still
[00:09:42] in this position. Okay, the bread was gone
[00:09:46] just now, suddenly it got hit by a spark, and then it
[00:09:49] spread. These are what people here call
[00:09:53] embers, which are small in size but still
[00:09:56] contain embers, right? They contain embers, and when they
[00:09:59] move to another point, they can cause
[00:10:02] new hotspots.
[00:10:05] We can see there's another hotspot over
[00:10:07] there.
[00:10:13] Another hotspot appeared
[00:10:15] over there.
[00:10:20] How did you detect it, sir? How did you know it was there, sir? Because
[00:10:23] there was smoke. You could see
[00:10:26] the light. To last for half
[00:10:29] an hour, 15 minutes, you looked out of breath. 15
[00:10:33] minutes of wearing a mask continuously makes you out of breath because of what? Breathing
[00:10:36] your own oxygen or what, sir? Because of the smoke and walking,
[00:10:39] it looks
[00:10:41] like
[00:10:45] forest and land fires are still occurring. The
[00:10:49] emergency response status for the haze has been extended until September
[00:10:52] 20. The haze surrounds all
[00:10:55] directions, disrupting residents' activities.
[00:10:58] tergangu,
[00:11:01] Residents reduce outdoor activities and they
[00:11:04] tend to
[00:11:07] maintain health by staying indoors.
[00:11:09] rumah,
[00:12:58] There is still smoke everywhere,
[00:13:02] because again, this is peatland, therefore
[00:13:05] the fire can flare up
[00:13:08] again at any time.
[00:13:11] The West Kalimantan Provincial Government is still extending the emergency response status
[00:13:15] for forest and land fires. This decision was made because six
[00:13:19] regency areas are still the epicenter of the worst
[00:13:23] fires.
[00:13:27] Kuburaya Regency is the center of the most hotspots
[00:13:30] in West Kalimantan, more than 8
[00:13:34] burned due to forest and land fires. More than
[00:13:38] 6000 people are affected, and now a health crisis
[00:13:41] and lack of clean water are looming.
[00:13:44] Limbung Village is one of the largest and most critical
[00:13:48] epicenters. Local residents face multiple
[00:13:51] and extreme threats, from health to safety.
[00:13:57] This is the former burnt land in Limbung Village, Sungai Raya District. The condition
[00:14:01] is more or less like this. There are still charred remains, and these
[00:14:05] are actually plants that were already ready to be harvested by the residents
[00:14:09] living here, meaning that this not only burned the land but also
[00:14:12] caused residents to lose their livelihoods. There is one resident
[00:14:15] who, to this day, for more than several weeks, has not dared to leave her house
[00:14:19] because she still has a baby. What is her story? We will try
[00:14:23] to confirm directly.
[00:14:33] Well, I have arrived at her house. So, to give
[00:14:37] you an idea of the distance between where I am currently
[00:14:40] and the burned land, it's only
[00:14:44] a few tens of meters, meaning it's very close. In fact, if we are on the terrace
[00:14:48] of this house, we can see the embers still
[00:14:51] burning when the fire occurred.
[00:15:01] Amidst the daily haze, the lives of families
[00:15:04] with babies are certainly at greater risk.
[00:15:08] Extreme and prolonged smoke exposure can trigger
[00:15:11] pneumonia and severe ARI. Exposure
[00:15:14] to heavy carbon monoxide can also lead to hypoxia and
[00:15:18] sudden infant death syndrome.
[00:15:20] mendadak.
[00:15:23] This fire has been burning for almost a month, it seems.
[00:15:27] Almost a month, yes. She stays indoors more often.
[00:15:30] Yes, she stays indoors all the time. She doesn't dare to go out,
[00:15:33] even though it's already extinguished like this. Yes, why, ma'am?
[00:16:07] Hmm, is it asthma or what?
[00:16:11] Just shortness of breath, just coughing
[00:16:13] like that.
[00:16:17] Unfortunately, not only are they surrounded by smoke, but residents also lost their
[00:16:21] livelihoods. Hayati's pineapple plantation
[00:16:24] was completely destroyed by
[00:16:26] the forest and land fires. Yes.
[00:16:29] It's disturbing. We here
[00:16:32] rely on fern,
[00:16:34] there's no land left. Fire.
[00:16:38] Pineapples. Beautiful pineapples.
[00:16:40] Fire.
[00:16:43] There hasn't been anything like this before, right? Not yet, even though it was already
[00:16:46] ready to be harvested. Yes, it was already
[00:16:49] ready to be harvested. Now, now, mas,
[00:16:53] it's already very expensive. Everything burned down.
[00:16:56] How do you feel, ma'am, seeing that right in front of
[00:17:00] you? Sad. That's our only
[00:17:03] livelihood. That's what we wait for
[00:17:07] every month. Pineapple. Official data from the
[00:17:11] Ministry of Health recorded that until mid-September,
[00:17:15] there were at least 12,500
[00:17:18] people directly affected by the forest and land fire smoke.
[00:17:35] Yes, currently I am.
[00:17:37] I'm on the Kapuas River. We are cruising along this road.
[00:17:41] Residents are reducing outdoor activities, and they
[00:17:44] tend to maintain
[00:17:48] their health by staying indoors, and that's also what parents advise
[00:17:51] their children so that they are not exposed
[00:17:54] to forest and land fire smoke
[00:17:57] too often. They are instructed to stay indoors
[00:18:00] and reduce outdoor activities.
[00:18:04] The impact of acute and prolonged forest and land fires in West Kalimantan.
[00:18:12] During the peak of the haze season, there was an explosion of new
[00:18:15] ARI cases, totaling 62,278
[00:18:18] cases, spread across 14 regencies and
[00:18:22] cities. Pontianak City is the area with the highest
[00:18:26] number of cases, reaching more than 13,000
[00:18:30] cases in 9 weeks.
[00:18:33] The Pontianak City Health Office stated that the highest
[00:18:36] daily case number even reached 400
[00:18:40] cases. Sometimes it can be up to 2 meters below, it's still peat.
[00:18:44] So, we at the Pontianak City Health Office
[00:18:47] started observing around the 27th
[00:18:50] week of this year, around July.
[00:18:52] Up until now, the 35th week, we have observed
[00:18:55] a significant increase in
[00:18:59] ARI cases reported through
[00:19:02] health centers in Pontianak City.
[00:19:05] Now, we have daily data for ARI cases
[00:19:08] that come to us, starting from
[00:19:12] around 275 cases
[00:19:15] per day across Pontianak City. Sometimes it has even reached
[00:19:19] 400 cases.
[00:19:22] We urge the public
[00:19:25] to avoid outdoor activities.
[00:19:28] If you are forced to carry out outdoor activities,
[00:19:32] please use a mask.
[00:19:34] That's it. Since it hit
[00:19:38] in late June, it has triggered new ARI cases up to
[00:19:41] 13,842
[00:19:43] cases. It started to increase in
[00:19:47] the 29th week. Then in the 30th week
[00:19:50] it decreased, then rose again in the 32nd
[00:19:53] week. And now
[00:19:55] it's the same.
[00:22:08] For the past 2 months, West Kalimantan has been covered in
[00:22:11] haze. The blue sky is now
[00:22:14] covered in thick fog. The high
[00:22:19] the air has become a toxic compound that threatens the health
[00:22:23] of its residents. Since August, the air quality
[00:22:26] in Pontianak City has been at a dangerous level.
[00:22:30] The condition continues to worsen, reaching an extreme
[00:22:33] level. Early this week, the number even reached
[00:22:37] 1,368,
[00:22:40] far exceeding the hazardous air quality threshold.
[00:22:42] Every day, residents have to breathe
[00:22:46] smoky air, exposed to dangerous toxins,
[00:22:50] resulting in more than 165,000 residents
[00:22:53] suffering from acute respiratory tract infections or
[00:22:56] ARI.
[00:23:02] Daily ARI cases in Pontianak have now reached
[00:23:05] 300 cases. ARI sufferers come and go,
[00:23:08] filling existing health facilities.
[00:23:11] Children under five and the elderly are the vulnerable
[00:23:15] age groups. For the elderly group, the number of cases
[00:23:18] reached approximately 4,700 people, or
[00:23:21] 10.6% of the total
[00:23:24] sufferers. This group is very vulnerable, as
[00:23:28] it can trigger or worsen existing
[00:23:30] diseases. Emergency oxygen facilities are a crucial
[00:23:34] factor determining the survival of some
[00:23:37] patients exposed to
[00:23:38] forest and land fire smoke.
[00:23:45] What will be the impact, sir, after using
[00:23:49] oxygen? The shortness of breath will be lighter. Okay, to
[00:23:52] relieve the shortness of breath. If it's because of smoke now,
[00:23:56] it's also recommended to drink warm water. If the shortness of breath is unbearable,
[00:23:59] we recommend going to the hospital or to
[00:24:03] posts that have oxygen. These last two weeks
[00:24:06] have been the worst. These last two weeks have seen more
[00:24:09] shortness of breath, and ARI as well,
[00:24:13] and coughing. It's been the last week. The last week. What does it
[00:24:16] feel like? Coughing here.
[00:24:20] It hurts. Ah, if
[00:24:23] you cough, sometimes it takes a long time
[00:24:26] before you can breathe normally.
[00:24:30] So, it's been 2 weeks, but it's not cured yet, right? Yes,
[00:24:33] not yet. So we come back here again.
[00:24:36] The doctor gave me medicine, antibiotics and
[00:24:39] anti-inflammatory medicine. Is this
[00:24:43] a cold?
[00:24:57] Almost all health facilities in Pontianak are now
[00:25:00] packed with ARI patients. Katulis Tiwa Health Center,
[00:25:04] located in a densely populated area, is also flooded
[00:25:08] with patients. Since January until September,
[00:25:11] this Health Center has handled 3,845 ARI
[00:25:14] cases. The trend of cases has rapidly
[00:25:17] increased in the last 3 months. From
[00:25:21] the data we collected here, the number of ARI patients is among the highest,
[00:25:24] ma'am. Yes, that's right. So, in the last 3
[00:25:27] months, if we compare it from July,
[00:25:31] August, and September, the
[00:25:34] number of ARI patients has indeed increased.
[00:25:37] If we look at July and August, it was only
[00:25:40] around 14%, but from August to September,
[00:25:44] it can reach up to 50% if we compare the data from the 1st
[00:25:48] to the 10th with
[00:25:50] the previous month. It started to increase in the 29th
[00:25:53] week. Yes, week 29, we see it
[00:25:57] here. Then in the 30th week it went down, then
[00:26:01] rose again in the 32nd week. And now
[00:26:04] it's the same. This is for the year
[00:26:06] 2026. Meaning that since the haze was severe,
[00:26:10] right? Yes, so it's about 15
[00:26:13] ARI patients
[00:26:15] per day.
[00:26:18] Haze clearly targets everyone, but the productive
[00:26:22] age group, especially those who are active outdoors,
[00:26:25] are an easy target. That is why the majority of ARI
[00:26:29] sufferers are from the adult age group.
[00:26:37] Devi is one of them.
[00:26:40] Even though the haze is widespread, she still has to
[00:26:43] work. The mask she wears every day when outside
[00:26:47] is not effective in warding off the
[00:26:50] smoke. So, she decided
[00:26:54] to get checked today, right? Yes, she had never been checked
[00:26:58] before, only today, because she didn't have time, she kept working,
[00:27:01] right? Where does she work every day? Or yes, every day she works
[00:27:05] in Jungkat. Is it outdoor or in a factory or
[00:27:09] in an office? Outdoor. Where? Outside, working
[00:27:12] outdoors and it's a meatball job, in a meatball stall. So, she's exposed
[00:27:16] to smoke every day, right? Yes.
[00:27:21] thing today? Is it coughing?
[00:27:25] Coughing, hmm, coughing until vomiting, lots of phlegm,
[00:27:29] and then her throat is itchy.
[00:27:35] What are the long-term effects,
[00:27:38] doctor, for patients who
[00:27:42] disciplined and some are not, right? What are the long-term
[00:27:45] effects? Yes, so what I know and what I've learned
[00:27:49] is that
[00:27:52] by these forest fires
[00:27:56] are very small particles,
[00:27:59] PM2.5, which can unknowingly enter
[00:28:02] the smallest lung tissue, called alveoli.
[00:28:06] When it reaches the alveoli, it is likely
[00:28:09] to damage the lung
[00:28:12] tissue.
[00:28:15] Forest and land fires are not just fire, but there are
[00:28:19] triggers, there are perpetrators, and hundreds of thousands
[00:28:22] of hectares of land are burned. Beyond that,
[00:28:25] there are also lives and safety at stake.
[00:28:27] Investigate thoroughly the causes and
[00:28:31] perpetrators to prevent the cases from
[00:28:34] recurring.
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