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[00:00:01] More from our headlines, we present a review
[00:00:04] of prime time news only on Metro TV.
[00:00:15] one of the agencies owned
[00:00:48] of fire at
[00:01:04] You are watching Metro TV breaking news with me, Febrian. Viewers, more than
[00:01:07] 400 houses in Bangka Selatan, Bangka Belitung, were destroyed
[00:01:11] by forest and land fires. Now thousands of people are forced to evacuate.
[00:01:18] that there is one heavy equipment
[00:01:27] Hundreds of residents in Serdang Hamlet, Jelutung Village
[00:01:30] are now leveled to the ground. Nothing is left except
[00:01:34] the ruins of buildings. Now more than 2,000 residents
[00:01:37] are forced to live in evacuation posts.
[00:01:41] the impact Based on data from the Bangka Belitung Provincial BPBD,
[00:01:44] at least 450 residential houses and 50
[00:01:48] swiftlet buildings were affected. The Bangka Belitung Provincial Government and the Bangka
[00:01:51] Selatan Regency Government have promised to continue to help distribute aid
[00:01:55] to thousands of affected
[00:01:56] residents.
[00:02:01] a pond or a stream
[00:02:27] police and health doctors, let's go down first.
[00:02:48] Viewers, the fire not only burned forests and peatlands in South Bangka, but there were
[00:02:52] also more than 400 houses that were burned down due to forest
[00:02:55] and land fires. For more information, we are connected
[00:02:59] directly to method TV contributor, Rendi
[00:03:02] Ferdiansyah in South Bangka. Rendi,
[00:03:05] where are the residents now evacuating after their houses behind
[00:03:09] you are seen to be leveled to the ground due to
[00:03:11] the fire?
[00:03:14] Okay, I can report that
[00:03:18] I am currently at the location
[00:03:20] of the fire. Hundreds of houses in Serdang
[00:03:24] Jelutung 2 village, South Bagak Regency, as seen in
[00:03:28] this picture, we see, Febrian, that there are many
[00:03:32] boundary fence that houses that still have
[00:03:33] remnants
[00:03:37] and we also see many residents who come to the houses to collect
[00:03:41] or pick up the remains of the fire
[00:03:45] and they hope that the remains of the fire, such as
[00:03:48] iron, aluminum, can be sold for their future
[00:03:51] living needs. Now, for the affected residents
[00:03:55] in the evacuation camps, there are 1800 available in
[00:03:59] two places. The first is at State Elementary School 7 and the second is at the nearest
[00:04:03] mosque. From the location of this fire,
[00:04:06] it is suspected that the fire originated from the forest which is
[00:04:10] 20 meters from the densely populated residential
[00:04:14] area there. Let's try to look towards
[00:04:16] the front of me, that is the starting point
[00:04:20] of the fire that spread or engulfed
[00:04:22] houses that are densely
[00:04:25] populated. We see the location
[00:04:29] for
[00:05:00] Many animals, chickens there,
[00:05:03] died
[00:05:05] Febrian and also viewers, the efforts made due to
[00:05:05] the fire.
[00:05:12] ashes.
[00:05:46] Well, Rendi, when a forest fire occurred and the distance
[00:05:50] of the forest was only about 20 meters from the residential area,
[00:05:54] weren't there any officers who made efforts to extinguish
[00:05:58] the fire or what happened so that it quickly burned hundreds of houses
[00:06:01] there?
[00:06:04] considering the location is so far from the South city center and
[00:06:07] far from the province, so the incident was around
[00:06:10] 5 o'clock, uh, 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which caused the fire
[00:06:14] to spread quickly and the strong wind to engulf residents' houses,
[00:06:17] so the fire trucks or
[00:06:20] to extinguish it were late, they couldn't
[00:06:23] reach the location and the fire couldn't
[00:06:26] be extinguished. This was on Sunday around
[00:06:29] 4:44.
[00:06:32] Well, let's try
[00:06:33] again.
[00:06:38] wood.
[00:06:41] 80% are houses built with
[00:07:23] We are watching, viewers, it seems there is
[00:07:26] a slight communication disruption with our colleague Rendi Ferdiansyah at
[00:07:29] the location, where our colleague Ferdiansyah
[00:07:33] is currently showing you the situation of the fire
[00:07:36] that occurred in South Bangka due to the forest
[00:07:39] and land fires, which caused hundreds of houses to be
[00:07:42] burned and resulted in hundreds
[00:07:46] of residents having to evacuate to other places,
[00:07:49] considering that the situation or condition of the fire is
[00:07:53] quite severe, even buildings are destroyed and leveled
[00:08:09] fire victims already received aid for daily
[00:08:12] necessities?
[00:08:19] many from donors and coincidentally
[00:08:22] the South Bakar Regency government has issued a decree
[00:08:25] for the determination
[00:08:27] of an emergency
[00:08:30] response. This
[00:08:33] is 305.
[00:08:38] We see that and another thing we conveyed, Febrian,
[00:08:42] is that after this, there are 168
[00:08:45] children who can go to school and
[00:08:49] they will
[00:08:51] or with
[00:08:54] whatever clothes or whatever they have because it has already
[00:08:58] burned down and there is
[00:09:00] nothing left.
[00:09:07] Well, for now, are the residents okay?
[00:09:10] Are there any residents who are suffering from illnesses like ISPA or
[00:09:14] anything like that?
[00:09:17] Until now, we have not received
[00:09:21] any information. It's just that there are already several doctors and health teams
[00:09:24] at the location to continue to conduct and check their health, considering
[00:09:28] that this location still
[00:09:32] generates a lot of smoke
[00:09:34] or other dangers for the health
[00:09:38] of the community. Has the government
[00:09:42] come directly to the location to see the damage that occurred there and
[00:09:45] try to distribute aid to rebuild residents'
[00:09:49] settlements?
[00:09:51] Well, uh, Febrian, it's true that yesterday the governor of Bangka Belitung, accompanied
[00:09:55] by the regent of Bangka Selatan, immediately reviewed the calibration to
[00:09:58] see the condition of the affected residents, which was more than 1800 people.
[00:10:02] Uh, well, it is likely that the regional government will
[00:10:06] try to find a way to rebuild the burned
[00:10:10] houses and, of course, also hope for assistance from the central
[00:10:13] government, Febrian.
[00:10:17] Okay, are there still hotspots near the location,
[00:10:20] Rendi?
[00:10:22] Uh, there are still, but we see that what is over there is still
[00:10:26] very close, 20 meters
[00:10:29] from residents' houses. Well,
[00:10:32] we still don't know the cause of this forest and land fire. We just talked
[00:10:36] to Mas, he said it's possible someone was fishing
[00:10:40] or someone deliberately threw a cigarette or started a fire.
[00:10:43] It's probably that, but we don't know
[00:10:47] what caused the forest and land fires at this
[00:10:49] location and it was stated yesterday that until
[00:10:53] now, the total losses from the fire of 305
[00:10:57] houses and 50 swiftlet buildings in Serdang
[00:11:00] Jelutung 2 village, South Bangka Regency, Febrian,
[00:11:04] cannot be confirmed. So if
[00:11:07] you see, there are still hotspots there, are there any officers making
[00:11:11] efforts to extinguish the fire?
[00:11:14] For firefighting, there are no more hotspots, it's just that there is smoke coming from
[00:11:17] about 100 meters from where I'm standing now,
[00:11:21] which means there's a strong smell of smoke. It's highly likely that there's still peat underneath
[00:11:25] it, but as for the firefighters, they're no longer at the
[00:11:29] location. anymore.
[00:11:31] From the firefighters, are there task forces deployed
[00:11:35] to monitor and also ensure that the fire does not reappear?
[00:11:39] again?
[00:11:42] How is it? Has a task force been formed by the government
[00:11:46] to ensure that fires do not occur again at
[00:11:48] the location?
[00:11:51] Uh, if it has been, there are
[00:11:55] no more hotspots, it's just that there's only smoke here, but
[00:11:58] many are still on standby outside
[00:12:02] the location, not at the location
[00:12:05] itself. Why are the officers outside the location
[00:12:09] if the hot spot is in an area that is very susceptible to fire
[00:12:12] like where you are reporting now,
[00:12:37] Okay, Rendi, the location where you are reporting from now in
[00:12:41] South Bangka, is it indeed often hit by forest
[00:12:44] fires or is this phenomenon only happening recently?
[00:12:48] only
[00:12:51] The location is indeed densely populated.
[00:12:55] Residents say that there have been forest and
[00:12:58] land fires before, but they were not as severe as to burn
[00:13:01] hundreds of houses like
[00:13:07] a concern because even though this is not
[00:13:11] the first time a fire has occurred, this time it is the worst
[00:13:14] fire. We hope that this will be a concern for the government. Thank
[00:13:18] you, Rendi Ferdiansyah, for joining us on
[00:13:21] Metro TV breaking news. Viewers, let's move on to the next information, where
[00:13:25] the Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, visited the forest and land fire hotspot in
[00:13:29] Jungkal 2 Village, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South
[00:13:32] Sumatra. This visit was made to accelerate the handling of
[00:13:35] forest and land fires and also to directly see the conditions
[00:13:38] on the ground while officers struggled to extinguish
[00:13:41] the fire. Herman Deru spent the night at
[00:13:45] the Jungkal 2 Forest and Land Fire Post.
[00:13:48] The readiness of the troops became one of Herman Deru's main
[00:13:51] concerns. He ensured the condition of the personnel on duty,
[00:13:55] including the readiness of officers in facing difficult terrain
[00:13:58] and carrying out fire control efforts amidst
[00:14:01] smoky haze. Herman Deru prepared
[00:14:04] for the handling of forest and land fires, which is not an easy task.
[00:14:08] They have to deal with challenging field conditions.
[00:14:12] Meanwhile, smoke from the fire has disturbed
[00:14:15] air quality and community activities in several areas of
[00:14:19] South Sumatra. Herman Delu also ensured that personnel
[00:14:22] readiness, equipment availability, logistical
[00:14:25] support, and inter-agency coordination are important factors
[00:14:29] for effective
[00:14:30] firefighting.
[00:14:38] Community fire care, there are Manggala Akni, there are
[00:14:41] students, there is Karang Taruna, there is
[00:14:44] TNI Poli to monitor one technical
[00:14:48] work, second safety
[00:14:51] work, third consumption.
[00:14:55] "Don't let these workers extinguish
[00:14:59] this fire precisely
[00:15:01] because of such high spirits
[00:15:05] neglect their safety, their health, this is the task
[00:15:08] of their leaders in the field. Viewers, for more than 3 months,
[00:15:12] Palangkaraya city has been covered in forest fire smoke, with more
[00:15:15] than 10,000 cases of ISPA recorded and air quality in a dangerous
[00:15:19] status. For more information, we are already connected with Metro TV journalist
[00:15:23] and cameraman Reksa Dewa."
[00:15:25] There's Joy Jones in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan.
[00:15:28] Joy, how is the current situation of forest fire smoke in
[00:15:32] Palangkaraya?
[00:15:32] Yes,
[00:15:37] and also. I can inform you that until now, the smoke
[00:15:40] condition in Palangkaraya is still in a dangerous
[00:15:43] status, because indeed the air that is currently
[00:15:47] in Palangkaraya is still in a dangerous status and is not safe
[00:15:50] to breathe for the community, caused
[00:15:54] by forest fires that result in smoke
[00:15:58] coming out or arising from these fires, viewers.
[00:16:02] Currently, I am at one of the points where
[00:16:04] fires or hot spots are occurring. You can see,
[00:16:08] viewers, to my right, viewers, this is one of
[00:16:12] the points that was successfully cooled this morning
[00:16:15] in the area right on your screen, but if we shift
[00:16:18] a little, viewers, you can see that
[00:16:22] there are many plumes
[00:16:25] the end over there. This indicates
[00:16:29] that there is still a hot spot there and
[00:16:33] there is still a possibility of flames
[00:16:36] if it is not quickly
[00:16:39] cooled. Viewers, indeed, the fires in
[00:16:43] Central Kalimantan, precisely in Palangkaraya city,
[00:16:46] do not always involve
[00:16:49] large flames, but you can see
[00:16:52] that the smoke rising from the ground
[00:16:56] indicates there are
[00:16:59] embers beneath the surface of the ground. Why does
[00:17:03] that happen? Because indeed, the soil or fires that occur in
[00:17:06] Kalimantan. Tengah are dominated
[00:17:10] or almost entirely consist of
[00:17:12] peat soil and viewers,
[00:17:15] to see it more clearly,
[00:17:18] viewers, I will show you first
[00:17:21] how peat soil is very difficult
[00:17:25] to extinguish, why it is not
[00:17:28] enough to only spray water on the surface. I
[00:17:32] will invite you to see first how the peat
[00:17:35] soil that has not been burned
[00:17:39] by fire looks like this, viewers. So you can see
[00:17:42] that the soil is not dense,
[00:17:45] but rather it is formed or occurs
[00:17:48] due to the accumulation
[00:17:51] of wood material for
[00:17:54] tens, dozens, even hundreds of years, like this,
[00:17:57] viewers. And this can reach a depth of
[00:18:01] 3 meters, 1 to 3
[00:18:04] meters. Now, when it burns, viewers, it will
[00:18:08] cause embers to form beneath
[00:18:12] the surface of the ground. This is
[00:18:14] peat
[00:18:17] soil that has been burned. You can see, viewers, I will
[00:18:21] now show you, this is what has been burned and
[00:18:25] successfully cooled, so if embers
[00:18:28] are present on top and spread to the bottom,
[00:18:32] maybe when the fire is
[00:18:35] extinguished on the top,
[00:18:38] water can only penetrate, not too deep, but
[00:18:41] the bottom is still burning and
[00:18:45] there are embers. Therefore,
[00:18:48] cooling must continue to be done and monitored, because
[00:18:52] if only the top is successfully extinguished, then the embers underneath
[00:18:56] will, within not too long,
[00:18:59] if the situation is still dry, like now, and there is no
[00:19:02] rain, then the fire will be able to spread to
[00:19:06] the top. And
[00:19:08] viewers,
[00:19:11] you can see the points of smoke behind me. This
[00:19:14] indicates that there are still embers
[00:19:17] inside the
[00:19:20] peat soil.
[00:19:24] This is what caused Palangkaraya
[00:19:28] city to still be in a dangerous
[00:19:31] air status,
[00:19:34] viewers. I will show
[00:19:38] you the air quality of Palangkaraya
[00:19:40] at this
[00:19:42] moment.
[00:19:45] You can see, viewers, the indicator
[00:19:48] has reached
[00:19:49] 11409.
[00:19:55] I will explain to you, viewers, the safe indicator
[00:19:58] is below 300, and currently
[00:20:02] the weather condition has reached
[00:20:05] an air condition of 1000.
[00:20:07] 150.
[00:20:11] So it's almost
[00:20:13] four times the safe level that can be
[00:20:17] inhaled by humans. We hope that this situation can
[00:20:21] improve, Febrian, back to the studio. Of course, we
[00:20:24] hope that the situation continues to improve, but considering that this fire has been
[00:20:28] going on for 3 months, Palangkaraya is covered in
[00:20:31] thick smoke. What has the local government done to try
[00:20:35] to ensure that this fire is truly extinguished? Coi.
[00:20:37] Yes,
[00:20:43] by the government
[00:20:45] are, of course, what is currently being done by
[00:20:48] the community
[00:20:51] or also by the government, trying
[00:20:55] various OPDs to
[00:20:58] carry out firefighting like on your
[00:21:02] screen. This is from
[00:21:05] by the provincial government of
[00:21:09] Central
[00:21:09] Kalimantan.
[00:21:14] And I can also inform you
[00:21:18] that the area of the fire is very
[00:21:21] wide. It covers
[00:21:24] 14 hectares of
[00:21:27] land
[00:21:28] in Palangkaraya City
[00:21:32] alone. And one of them is where I
[00:21:35] am reporting from.
[00:21:38] The efforts made by the government have also been various, but
[00:21:41] because of the obstacles of peat soil and
[00:21:45] also
[00:21:47] the area being so vast and very difficult
[00:21:50] to access, that is why
[00:21:54] it is so difficult to extinguish the fire until now,
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[00:24:35] There are still many residents, approximately 30 more people, chairman.
[00:25:05] Viewers, after being hit by a major flood on Saturday, October
[00:25:08] 10th, residents of Lumin Park housing, assisted by joint
[00:25:12] officers, began cleaning their houses from flood
[00:25:15] mud material that had receded and left thick
[00:25:19] mud deposits. Residents claimed to be traumatized because this area
[00:25:23] had been hit by major floods twice, including in November
[00:25:26] 2025. Joint officers helped
[00:25:30] clean the mud in residents' houses in Lumin Park. Not only the house
[00:25:33] area, residents' vehicles were also stuck in the mud, such as cars,
[00:25:37] motorcycles, and bicycles. In addition to
[00:25:39] carrying out evacuations, joint personnel were on standby to
[00:25:43] help meet the emergency needs of residents. Joint officers,
[00:25:46] consisting of BPBD and police, also helped
[00:25:50] residents remove thick mud using hoes and
[00:25:53] manual tools. In the cleaning process, the government also
[00:25:57] deployed three heavy equipment to transport mud material from
[00:26:01] the location. The government continues to coordinate with
[00:26:04] Basarnas to support further
[00:26:06] handling.
[00:26:12] After the flash flood, residents in Lumin Park housing in Padang
[00:26:15] city started cleaning their houses. Dozens of houses affected by the flood
[00:26:19] are currently uninhabitable. Joint teams from BPBD and West
[00:26:23] Sumatra Regional Police Brimob members worked hand in hand to clean
[00:26:26] mud material from residents' houses. To get the latest
[00:26:30] information, we are connected with Metro TV journalist Handreach
[00:26:33] Tera at the location. Tera, can you describe
[00:26:37] the current condition after the flash flood
[00:26:40] there?
[00:26:44] Okay, good afternoon, Febrian, and also viewers. We can
[00:26:48] inform you that we are currently at
[00:26:51] Lumin Park housing cluster in Padang
[00:26:55] City, South Sumatra, and I can show you through my cameraman,
[00:26:59] Guntur, that there is currently a process
[00:27:02] of evacuating residents' vehicles and
[00:27:06] there is also a process of cleaning mud
[00:27:10] material from the flood, and for this cleaning process,
[00:27:13] it is done by involving three heavy
[00:27:17] equipment, and you can see
[00:27:20] functioned by the Ministry of Public Works to
[00:27:24] open roads like this so that residents' cars
[00:27:27] affected by the flash flood in
[00:27:31] this housing complex can exit
[00:27:34] this area. And besides
[00:27:37] the cleaning process, we will also
[00:27:41] show you how severe caused
[00:27:45] by the flood that occurred on Saturday was. Now you can see that
[00:27:48] this area, which is now filled with water,
[00:27:52] was previously a residential yard. Now, the residential yard
[00:27:56] is currently completely washed away by
[00:28:00] the water, so it forms
[00:28:03] filled with water, and this only leaves
[00:28:07] a stone foundation, and the yard is gone,
[00:28:10] like that. And for the access road
[00:28:13] is also damaged, and my cameraman can show you that
[00:28:17] the concrete that was previously used as the main
[00:28:21] road is currently collapsed or
[00:28:24] destroyed because of the strong water flow
[00:28:27] that came to Lumin Park housing on Saturday
[00:28:31] and for now, there is indeed no
[00:28:35] more water in Lumin Park housing, but what remains
[00:28:38] is only mud around here, and for the mud
[00:28:42] itself, both inside the house and in the yard,
[00:28:44] it varies from about 20 cm to
[00:28:48] 80 cm. Uh, we had
[00:28:52] tried to find out how high the mud was,
[00:28:55] and currently, the mud here
[00:28:58] is mud that was previously in residents' houses but has been removed
[00:29:02] and finally collected on this road. Now, you can
[00:29:06] also see on the other side that this is one of
[00:29:10] the cars of the residents in
[00:29:13] Lumin Park housing cluster. Now, I can show you
[00:29:17] that this car was about four blocks from
[00:29:20] here. Now, because of the strong water flow,
[00:29:24] this car was even dragged backward. Now, behind
[00:29:27] me, where the Brimob members are currently,
[00:29:31] there was a
[00:29:35] was erected, but that boundary fence broke. Now, currently,
[00:29:38] let me try to invite you, Febrian, and also
[00:29:41] viewers, to find out what exactly is the involvement
[00:29:45] of the Brimob members. Sir, can
[00:29:48] you explain what the West Sumatra Regional Police
[00:29:52] are currently doing to help
[00:29:54] residents in the cleaning process?
[00:29:57] For
[00:30:02] today, we are post- uh
[00:30:06] incident, this is the second day of the incident. We
[00:30:10] deployed 100 personnel to
[00:30:13] carry out cleaning to help residents affected
[00:30:16] by the incident. Uh, furthermore,
[00:30:19] for
[00:30:22] this complex, we are carrying out cleaning, uh,
[00:30:25] in the form of cleaning residents' houses and also
[00:30:29] assisted by Brimob partners with heavy equipment. And there are also
[00:30:33] , as you saw earlier, vehicles that were also stuck,
[00:30:36] one unit, uh, we have already handled it, Sir.
[00:30:40] For the vehicles, where will they be taken, sir, briefly?
[00:30:43] Oh, for the vehicles, we will coordinate with the owner of
[00:30:47] the vehicle. So it will be taken to the official
[00:30:50] workshop. Thank you, Mr. FK, for the explanation. And
[00:30:53] viewers, for the flood in Lumin Park, this has
[00:30:57] happened twice. The first one was in November 200