Riau Deploys 5 Helicopters to Put Out Fires
Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO , Jakarta - Land and forest fires continue to blanket a number of Riau region.
Five water-bombing helicopters were deployed to extinguish the fires in four districts in Riau.
"There are five helicopters deployed today," said an official of the air force in Pekanbaru Mayor Ferry Duwantoro on Saturday, August (27/8).
In the meantime, Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency of Pekanbaru stations Sugarin said that the aqua and tera satellite detected 61 hot spots which indicated an increase in peat land and forest fire in a number of areas.
According Sugarin, Rokan Hilir sees most hotspots (36 hotspots), followed by Siak (13), Bengkalis (9) Rokan Hulu (2) and Kampar (1).
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