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        "msgid": "arjuno-welirang-hiking-routes-closed-due-to-forest-fire-1792216227",
        "date": "2026-10-17 12:09:32",
        "title": "Arjuno-Welirang Hiking Routes Closed Due to Forest Fire",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Hiking access to Mount Arjuno-Welirang has been temporarily closed following a forest and land fire that broke out in the Raden Soerjo Grand Forest Park area on 16 October. The closure has no set end date; authorities say routes will reopen only after the fire is extinguished and conditions are deemed safe, while hikers already on the mountain are being evacuated.",
        "content": "<p>Mount Arjuno-Welirang, part of the Raden Soerjo Grand Forest Park\n(Tahura), has been hit by another forest and land fire since Friday\nnight (16 October). Following the incident, hiking access was officially\nclosed from Saturday (17 October).<\/p>\n<p>The closure was formally announced by Agustiningtyas Marini, head of\nthe Raden Soerjo Grand Forest Park Technical Implementation Unit (UPT),\nin announcement No.\u00a0500.4.6.10\/1886\/123.7.2\/2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the fire in the Raden Soerjo Grand Forest Park area from\n17 October 2026, all hiking activities on Mount Arjuno-Welirang are\ntemporarily closed,\u201d Agustiningtyas said in an official statement on\nSaturday (17 October).<\/p>\n<p>She said the closure was an essential preventive measure to ensure\nthe safety of nature enthusiasts from smoke and the spread of the\nflames.<\/p>\n<p>Joint teams on the ground are concentrating their resources and\npersonnel on extinguishing the fire to prevent it spreading further and\ndamaging the mountain ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are evacuating hikers who went up yesterday,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Raden Soerjo Grand Forest Park authorities have not yet said when\nthe hiking routes will reopen and resume normal operations.<\/p>\n<p>Agustiningtyas said reopening would depend on an assessment of\nconditions on the ground, once all fire hotspots had been confirmed\nextinguished and the routes declared safe for hikers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe closure is in place until further notice. We ask for your\nunderstanding. Let us hope the situation returns to normal soon,\u201d she\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Arjuno in East Java was again hit by a forest and land fire on\nFriday night (16 October). Amateur footage recorded by a member of the\npublic captured the incident and circulated widely on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The footage showed a long stretch of reddish flames burning on the\nslopes of Arjuno. The fire was clearly visible from the Malang Toll Road\ngate.<\/p>\n<p>East Java Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Head of Emergency and\nLogistics Satriyo Nurseno confirmed that the fire had occurred on Mount\nArjuno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The fire is] on Mount Arjuno,\u201d Satriyo told CNNIndonesia.com on\nFriday night.<\/p>\n<p>Satriyo said it was not yet known exactly when the fire first started\nor how much land on Mount Arjuno had been affected.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tahura teams and BPBD personnel had headed to the site to\nbegin firefighting efforts.<\/p>",
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