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00:01:04You are watching Metro TV breaking news with me, Febrian. Viewers, more than
00:01:07400 houses in Bangka Selatan, Bangka Belitung, were destroyed
00:01:11by forest and land fires. Now thousands of people are forced to evacuate.
00:01:18that there is one heavy equipment
00:01:27Hundreds of residents in Serdang Hamlet, Jelutung Village
00:01:30are now leveled to the ground. Nothing is left except
00:01:34the ruins of buildings. Now more than 2,000 residents
00:01:37are forced to live in evacuation posts.
00:01:41the impact Based on data from the Bangka Belitung Provincial BPBD,
00:01:44at least 450 residential houses and 50
00:01:48swiftlet buildings were affected. The Bangka Belitung Provincial Government and the Bangka
00:01:51Selatan Regency Government have promised to continue to help distribute aid
00:01:55to thousands of affected
00:01:56residents.
00:02:01a pond or a stream
00:02:27police and health doctors, let's go down first.
00:02:48Viewers, the fire not only burned forests and peatlands in South Bangka, but there were
00:02:52also more than 400 houses that were burned down due to forest
00:02:55and land fires. For more information, we are connected
00:02:59directly to method TV contributor, Rendi
00:03:02Ferdiansyah in South Bangka. Rendi,
00:03:05where are the residents now evacuating after their houses behind
00:03:09you are seen to be leveled to the ground due to
00:03:11the fire?
00:03:14Okay, I can report that
00:03:18I am currently at the location
00:03:20of the fire. Hundreds of houses in Serdang
00:03:24Jelutung 2 village, South Bagak Regency, as seen in
00:03:28this picture, we see, Febrian, that there are many
00:03:32boundary fence that houses that still have
00:03:33remnants
00:03:37and we also see many residents who come to the houses to collect
00:03:41or pick up the remains of the fire
00:03:45and they hope that the remains of the fire, such as
00:03:48iron, aluminum, can be sold for their future
00:03:51living needs. Now, for the affected residents
00:03:55in the evacuation camps, there are 1800 available in
00:03:59two places. The first is at State Elementary School 7 and the second is at the nearest
00:04:03mosque. From the location of this fire,
00:04:06it is suspected that the fire originated from the forest which is
00:04:1020 meters from the densely populated residential
00:04:14area there. Let's try to look towards
00:04:16the front of me, that is the starting point
00:04:20of the fire that spread or engulfed
00:04:22houses that are densely
00:04:25populated. We see the location
00:04:29for
00:05:00Many animals, chickens there,
00:05:03died
00:05:05Febrian and also viewers, the efforts made due to
00:05:05the fire.
00:05:12ashes.
00:05:46Well, Rendi, when a forest fire occurred and the distance
00:05:50of the forest was only about 20 meters from the residential area,
00:05:54weren't there any officers who made efforts to extinguish
00:05:58the fire or what happened so that it quickly burned hundreds of houses
00:06:01there?
00:06:04considering the location is so far from the South city center and
00:06:07far from the province, so the incident was around
00:06:105 o'clock, uh, 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which caused the fire
00:06:14to spread quickly and the strong wind to engulf residents' houses,
00:06:17so the fire trucks or
00:06:20to extinguish it were late, they couldn't
00:06:23reach the location and the fire couldn't
00:06:26be extinguished. This was on Sunday around
00:06:294:44.
00:06:32Well, let's try
00:06:33again.
00:06:38wood.
00:06:4180% are houses built with
00:07:23We are watching, viewers, it seems there is
00:07:26a slight communication disruption with our colleague Rendi Ferdiansyah at
00:07:29the location, where our colleague Ferdiansyah
00:07:33is currently showing you the situation of the fire
00:07:36that occurred in South Bangka due to the forest
00:07:39and land fires, which caused hundreds of houses to be
00:07:42burned and resulted in hundreds
00:07:46of residents having to evacuate to other places,
00:07:49considering that the situation or condition of the fire is
00:07:53quite severe, even buildings are destroyed and leveled
00:08:09fire victims already received aid for daily
00:08:12necessities?
00:08:19many from donors and coincidentally
00:08:22the South Bakar Regency government has issued a decree
00:08:25for the determination
00:08:27of an emergency
00:08:30response. This
00:08:33is 305.
00:08:38We see that and another thing we conveyed, Febrian,
00:08:42is that after this, there are 168
00:08:45children who can go to school and
00:08:49they will
00:08:51or with
00:08:54whatever clothes or whatever they have because it has already
00:08:58burned down and there is
00:09:00nothing left.
00:09:07Well, for now, are the residents okay?
00:09:10Are there any residents who are suffering from illnesses like ISPA or
00:09:14anything like that?
00:09:17Until now, we have not received
00:09:21any information. It's just that there are already several doctors and health teams
00:09:24at the location to continue to conduct and check their health, considering
00:09:28that this location still
00:09:32generates a lot of smoke
00:09:34or other dangers for the health
00:09:38of the community. Has the government
00:09:42come directly to the location to see the damage that occurred there and
00:09:45try to distribute aid to rebuild residents'
00:09:49settlements?
00:09:51Well, uh, Febrian, it's true that yesterday the governor of Bangka Belitung, accompanied
00:09:55by the regent of Bangka Selatan, immediately reviewed the calibration to
00:09:58see the condition of the affected residents, which was more than 1800 people.
00:10:02Uh, well, it is likely that the regional government will
00:10:06try to find a way to rebuild the burned
00:10:10houses and, of course, also hope for assistance from the central
00:10:13government, Febrian.
00:10:17Okay, are there still hotspots near the location,
00:10:20Rendi?
00:10:22Uh, there are still, but we see that what is over there is still
00:10:26very close, 20 meters
00:10:29from residents' houses. Well,
00:10:32we still don't know the cause of this forest and land fire. We just talked
00:10:36to Mas, he said it's possible someone was fishing
00:10:40or someone deliberately threw a cigarette or started a fire.
00:10:43It's probably that, but we don't know
00:10:47what caused the forest and land fires at this
00:10:49location and it was stated yesterday that until
00:10:53now, the total losses from the fire of 305
00:10:57houses and 50 swiftlet buildings in Serdang
00:11:00Jelutung 2 village, South Bangka Regency, Febrian,
00:11:04cannot be confirmed. So if
00:11:07you see, there are still hotspots there, are there any officers making
00:11:11efforts to extinguish the fire?
00:11:14For firefighting, there are no more hotspots, it's just that there is smoke coming from
00:11:17about 100 meters from where I'm standing now,
00:11:21which means there's a strong smell of smoke. It's highly likely that there's still peat underneath
00:11:25it, but as for the firefighters, they're no longer at the
00:11:29location. anymore.
00:11:31From the firefighters, are there task forces deployed
00:11:35to monitor and also ensure that the fire does not reappear?
00:11:39again?
00:11:42How is it? Has a task force been formed by the government
00:11:46to ensure that fires do not occur again at
00:11:48the location?
00:11:51Uh, if it has been, there are
00:11:55no more hotspots, it's just that there's only smoke here, but
00:11:58many are still on standby outside
00:12:02the location, not at the location
00:12:05itself. Why are the officers outside the location
00:12:09if the hot spot is in an area that is very susceptible to fire
00:12:12like where you are reporting now,
00:12:37Okay, Rendi, the location where you are reporting from now in
00:12:41South Bangka, is it indeed often hit by forest
00:12:44fires or is this phenomenon only happening recently?
00:12:48only
00:12:51The location is indeed densely populated.
00:12:55Residents say that there have been forest and
00:12:58land fires before, but they were not as severe as to burn
00:13:01hundreds of houses like
00:13:07a concern because even though this is not
00:13:11the first time a fire has occurred, this time it is the worst
00:13:14fire. We hope that this will be a concern for the government. Thank
00:13:18you, Rendi Ferdiansyah, for joining us on
00:13:21Metro TV breaking news. Viewers, let's move on to the next information, where
00:13:25the Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, visited the forest and land fire hotspot in
00:13:29Jungkal 2 Village, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South
00:13:32Sumatra. This visit was made to accelerate the handling of
00:13:35forest and land fires and also to directly see the conditions
00:13:38on the ground while officers struggled to extinguish
00:13:41the fire. Herman Deru spent the night at
00:13:45the Jungkal 2 Forest and Land Fire Post.
00:13:48The readiness of the troops became one of Herman Deru's main
00:13:51concerns. He ensured the condition of the personnel on duty,
00:13:55including the readiness of officers in facing difficult terrain
00:13:58and carrying out fire control efforts amidst
00:14:01smoky haze. Herman Deru prepared
00:14:04for the handling of forest and land fires, which is not an easy task.
00:14:08They have to deal with challenging field conditions.
00:14:12Meanwhile, smoke from the fire has disturbed
00:14:15air quality and community activities in several areas of
00:14:19South Sumatra. Herman Delu also ensured that personnel
00:14:22readiness, equipment availability, logistical
00:14:25support, and inter-agency coordination are important factors
00:14:29for effective
00:14:30firefighting.
00:14:38Community fire care, there are Manggala Akni, there are
00:14:41students, there is Karang Taruna, there is
00:14:44TNI Poli to monitor one technical
00:14:48work, second safety
00:14:51work, third consumption.
00:14:55"Don't let these workers extinguish
00:14:59this fire precisely
00:15:01because of such high spirits
00:15:05neglect their safety, their health, this is the task
00:15:08of their leaders in the field. Viewers, for more than 3 months,
00:15:12Palangkaraya city has been covered in forest fire smoke, with more
00:15:15than 10,000 cases of ISPA recorded and air quality in a dangerous
00:15:19status. For more information, we are already connected with Metro TV journalist
00:15:23and cameraman Reksa Dewa."
00:15:25There's Joy Jones in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan.
00:15:28Joy, how is the current situation of forest fire smoke in
00:15:32Palangkaraya?
00:15:32Yes,
00:15:37and also. I can inform you that until now, the smoke
00:15:40condition in Palangkaraya is still in a dangerous
00:15:43status, because indeed the air that is currently
00:15:47in Palangkaraya is still in a dangerous status and is not safe
00:15:50to breathe for the community, caused
00:15:54by forest fires that result in smoke
00:15:58coming out or arising from these fires, viewers.
00:16:02Currently, I am at one of the points where
00:16:04fires or hot spots are occurring. You can see,
00:16:08viewers, to my right, viewers, this is one of
00:16:12the points that was successfully cooled this morning
00:16:15in the area right on your screen, but if we shift
00:16:18a little, viewers, you can see that
00:16:22there are many plumes
00:16:25the end over there. This indicates
00:16:29that there is still a hot spot there and
00:16:33there is still a possibility of flames
00:16:36if it is not quickly
00:16:39cooled. Viewers, indeed, the fires in
00:16:43Central Kalimantan, precisely in Palangkaraya city,
00:16:46do not always involve
00:16:49large flames, but you can see
00:16:52that the smoke rising from the ground
00:16:56indicates there are
00:16:59embers beneath the surface of the ground. Why does
00:17:03that happen? Because indeed, the soil or fires that occur in
00:17:06Kalimantan. Tengah are dominated
00:17:10or almost entirely consist of
00:17:12peat soil and viewers,
00:17:15to see it more clearly,
00:17:18viewers, I will show you first
00:17:21how peat soil is very difficult
00:17:25to extinguish, why it is not
00:17:28enough to only spray water on the surface. I
00:17:32will invite you to see first how the peat
00:17:35soil that has not been burned
00:17:39by fire looks like this, viewers. So you can see
00:17:42that the soil is not dense,
00:17:45but rather it is formed or occurs
00:17:48due to the accumulation
00:17:51of wood material for
00:17:54tens, dozens, even hundreds of years, like this,
00:17:57viewers. And this can reach a depth of
00:18:013 meters, 1 to 3
00:18:04meters. Now, when it burns, viewers, it will
00:18:08cause embers to form beneath
00:18:12the surface of the ground. This is
00:18:14peat
00:18:17soil that has been burned. You can see, viewers, I will
00:18:21now show you, this is what has been burned and
00:18:25successfully cooled, so if embers
00:18:28are present on top and spread to the bottom,
00:18:32maybe when the fire is
00:18:35extinguished on the top,
00:18:38water can only penetrate, not too deep, but
00:18:41the bottom is still burning and
00:18:45there are embers. Therefore,
00:18:48cooling must continue to be done and monitored, because
00:18:52if only the top is successfully extinguished, then the embers underneath
00:18:56will, within not too long,
00:18:59if the situation is still dry, like now, and there is no
00:19:02rain, then the fire will be able to spread to
00:19:06the top. And
00:19:08viewers,
00:19:11you can see the points of smoke behind me. This
00:19:14indicates that there are still embers
00:19:17inside the
00:19:20peat soil.
00:19:24This is what caused Palangkaraya
00:19:28city to still be in a dangerous
00:19:31air status,
00:19:34viewers. I will show
00:19:38you the air quality of Palangkaraya
00:19:40at this
00:19:42moment.
00:19:45You can see, viewers, the indicator
00:19:48has reached
00:19:4911409.
00:19:55I will explain to you, viewers, the safe indicator
00:19:58is below 300, and currently
00:20:02the weather condition has reached
00:20:05an air condition of 1000.
00:20:07150.
00:20:11So it's almost
00:20:13four times the safe level that can be
00:20:17inhaled by humans. We hope that this situation can
00:20:21improve, Febrian, back to the studio. Of course, we
00:20:24hope that the situation continues to improve, but considering that this fire has been
00:20:28going on for 3 months, Palangkaraya is covered in
00:20:31thick smoke. What has the local government done to try
00:20:35to ensure that this fire is truly extinguished? Coi.
00:20:37Yes,
00:20:43by the government
00:20:45are, of course, what is currently being done by
00:20:48the community
00:20:51or also by the government, trying
00:20:55various OPDs to
00:20:58carry out firefighting like on your
00:21:02screen. This is from
00:21:05by the provincial government of
00:21:09Central
00:21:09Kalimantan.
00:21:14And I can also inform you
00:21:18that the area of the fire is very
00:21:21wide. It covers
00:21:2414 hectares of
00:21:27land
00:21:28in Palangkaraya City
00:21:32alone. And one of them is where I
00:21:35am reporting from.
00:21:38The efforts made by the government have also been various, but
00:21:41because of the obstacles of peat soil and
00:21:45also
00:21:47the area being so vast and very difficult
00:21:50to access, that is why
00:21:54it is so difficult to extinguish the fire until now,
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00:24:35There are still many residents, approximately 30 more people, chairman.
00:25:05Viewers, after being hit by a major flood on Saturday, October
00:25:0810th, residents of Lumin Park housing, assisted by joint
00:25:12officers, began cleaning their houses from flood
00:25:15mud material that had receded and left thick
00:25:19mud deposits. Residents claimed to be traumatized because this area
00:25:23had been hit by major floods twice, including in November
00:25:262025. Joint officers helped
00:25:30clean the mud in residents' houses in Lumin Park. Not only the house
00:25:33area, residents' vehicles were also stuck in the mud, such as cars,
00:25:37motorcycles, and bicycles. In addition to
00:25:39carrying out evacuations, joint personnel were on standby to
00:25:43help meet the emergency needs of residents. Joint officers,
00:25:46consisting of BPBD and police, also helped
00:25:50residents remove thick mud using hoes and
00:25:53manual tools. In the cleaning process, the government also
00:25:57deployed three heavy equipment to transport mud material from
00:26:01the location. The government continues to coordinate with
00:26:04Basarnas to support further
00:26:06handling.
00:26:12After the flash flood, residents in Lumin Park housing in Padang
00:26:15city started cleaning their houses. Dozens of houses affected by the flood
00:26:19are currently uninhabitable. Joint teams from BPBD and West
00:26:23Sumatra Regional Police Brimob members worked hand in hand to clean
00:26:26mud material from residents' houses. To get the latest
00:26:30information, we are connected with Metro TV journalist Handreach
00:26:33Tera at the location. Tera, can you describe
00:26:37the current condition after the flash flood
00:26:40there?
00:26:44Okay, good afternoon, Febrian, and also viewers. We can
00:26:48inform you that we are currently at
00:26:51Lumin Park housing cluster in Padang
00:26:55City, South Sumatra, and I can show you through my cameraman,
00:26:59Guntur, that there is currently a process
00:27:02of evacuating residents' vehicles and
00:27:06there is also a process of cleaning mud
00:27:10material from the flood, and for this cleaning process,
00:27:13it is done by involving three heavy
00:27:17equipment, and you can see
00:27:20functioned by the Ministry of Public Works to
00:27:24open roads like this so that residents' cars
00:27:27affected by the flash flood in
00:27:31this housing complex can exit
00:27:34this area. And besides
00:27:37the cleaning process, we will also
00:27:41show you how severe caused
00:27:45by the flood that occurred on Saturday was. Now you can see that
00:27:48this area, which is now filled with water,
00:27:52was previously a residential yard. Now, the residential yard
00:27:56is currently completely washed away by
00:28:00the water, so it forms
00:28:03filled with water, and this only leaves
00:28:07a stone foundation, and the yard is gone,
00:28:10like that. And for the access road
00:28:13is also damaged, and my cameraman can show you that
00:28:17the concrete that was previously used as the main
00:28:21road is currently collapsed or
00:28:24destroyed because of the strong water flow
00:28:27that came to Lumin Park housing on Saturday
00:28:31and for now, there is indeed no
00:28:35more water in Lumin Park housing, but what remains
00:28:38is only mud around here, and for the mud
00:28:42itself, both inside the house and in the yard,
00:28:44it varies from about 20 cm to
00:28:4880 cm. Uh, we had
00:28:52tried to find out how high the mud was,
00:28:55and currently, the mud here
00:28:58is mud that was previously in residents' houses but has been removed
00:29:02and finally collected on this road. Now, you can
00:29:06also see on the other side that this is one of
00:29:10the cars of the residents in
00:29:13Lumin Park housing cluster. Now, I can show you
00:29:17that this car was about four blocks from
00:29:20here. Now, because of the strong water flow,
00:29:24this car was even dragged backward. Now, behind
00:29:27me, where the Brimob members are currently,
00:29:31there was a
00:29:35was erected, but that boundary fence broke. Now, currently,
00:29:38let me try to invite you, Febrian, and also
00:29:41viewers, to find out what exactly is the involvement
00:29:45of the Brimob members. Sir, can
00:29:48you explain what the West Sumatra Regional Police
00:29:52are currently doing to help
00:29:54residents in the cleaning process?
00:29:57For
00:30:02today, we are post- uh
00:30:06incident, this is the second day of the incident. We
00:30:10deployed 100 personnel to
00:30:13carry out cleaning to help residents affected
00:30:16by the incident. Uh, furthermore,
00:30:19for
00:30:22this complex, we are carrying out cleaning, uh,
00:30:25in the form of cleaning residents' houses and also
00:30:29assisted by Brimob partners with heavy equipment. And there are also
00:30:33, as you saw earlier, vehicles that were also stuck,
00:30:36one unit, uh, we have already handled it, Sir.
00:30:40For the vehicles, where will they be taken, sir, briefly?
00:30:43Oh, for the vehicles, we will coordinate with the owner of
00:30:47the vehicle. So it will be taken to the official
00:30:50workshop. Thank you, Mr. FK, for the explanation. And
00:30:53viewers, for the flood in Lumin Park, this has
00:30:57happened twice. The first one was in November 200