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Indonesia wildfires spread, prevention steps intensify

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The 2026 fire season intensified across in Indonesia worsened as the an El Niño‑driven dry spell deepened. Early July saw separate blazes in Palangka Raya (≈2 ha) and Riau’s Pulau Serdang village (≈7 ha), prompting drone mapping and helicopter water‑bombing despite communication hurdles. The Ministry of Environment launched a national peat‑land restoration drive, targeting three hotspot regions and filing filed civil suits against four firms for fire‑related damage, while Environment Minister Jumhur Hidayat and ordered zero‑fire compliance from roughly about 400 concession holders and stressed peat rewetting. holders. Hotspot counts surged rose 205 % to over 1,000 points by mid‑June, with 81,077 more than 81,000 ha burned nationwide from January to May. Ground operations expanded, including expanded to 1,586 firefighting missions covering 12,381 ha and included weather‑modification activities in several provinces. Industrial activities; industrial and urban blazes fires added to the strain, strain and water shortages persisted in drought‑hit districts such as Ponorogo. In early August, Perhutani’s KPH Kedu Utara unit created a one‑hectare fire broke out in task force with the Alun‑Alun Barat Surya Kencana area of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park. Ministry of Forestry personnel, Masyarakat Mitra Polhut volunteers and other responders extinguished it quickly; LMDH community group, mapping high‑risk zones, increasing patrols, monitoring the park closed all hiking routes from 7–11 August Forest Danger Index and began processing refunds for booked groups. Ground checks will continue for three days to prevent re‑ignition. The incident coincided coordinating with the announcement that Indonesia and South Korea will establish a joint Indonesia Forest and Land Fire Management Center in Sumatra to improve coordination on forest‑land fires Temanggung disaster agency, armed forces, police and trans‑boundary haze. regional governments. President Prabowo Subianto again ordered all ministries to boost dry‑season readiness, allocating extra budget and warning of health, school and economic disruptions linked disruptions. The South Kalimantan forestry agency temporarily closed the Tahura Sultan Adam protected area to build an early El Niño event. access road for the Brigade for Forest and Land Fire Control. In West Java, a fire on the Suryakencana meadow of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park led to a five‑day suspension of hiking, refunds for trekkers and an investigation. A subsequent blaze on 6 August in the Alun‑Alun Barat Surya Kencana area burned about one hectare of dry grass, was extinguished by Ministry of Forestry staff, MMP volunteers and rescue teams, and prompted a temporary closure of all park trails from 7‑11 August. Hikers on the Cibodas trail were evacuated, refunds were arranged via official WhatsApp channels and monitoring continued for three days to prevent re‑ignition.

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  1. 2026-08-08 06:06 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, prevention steps intensify
  2. 2026-08-08 06:05 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, prevention steps intensify
  3. 2026-08-07 10:04 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, prevention steps intensify
  4. 2026-08-07 02:54 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, water crisis expands
  5. 2026-07-30 11:29 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, water crisis expands
  6. 2026-07-30 10:37 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, water shortage worsens
  7. 2026-07-27 06:08 UTC Indonesia wildfires spread, water shortage worsens

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