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        "id": 1909441,
        "msgid": "bromo-fire-public-urged-not-to-use-fire-in-forest-areas-1786290658",
        "date": "2026-08-09 22:09:00",
        "title": "Bromo Fire: Public Urged Not to Use Fire in Forest Areas",
        "author": "Irvan Sihombing",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has called for public vigilance in preventing forest and land fires after inspecting the blaze at Mount Bromo, East Java. The minister stressed the importance of avoiding any use of fire, including cigarettes and land clearing, particularly during the current El Ni\u00f1o-driven dry season. Authorities are employing water bombing to tackle the expanding fire, which has already scorched 520 hectares of the national park.",
        "content": "<p>Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni inspected firefighting operations\nat Mount Bromo, Probolinggo, East Java, on Sunday (9\/8\/2026). He called\non the public to actively participate in preventing forest and land\nfires (karhutla).<\/p>\n<p>One of the crucial measures emphasised was minimising the use of fire\nwhen carrying out activities in forest areas, especially amid extreme\nweather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, the public should participate in helping to\nresolve this problem (karhutla), and most importantly, there should be\nno more playing with fire, whether it is cigarettes or, even more\nrecklessly, land clearing, especially outside Java,\u201d said Raja Juli\nAntoni.<\/p>\n<p>The minister explained that this year\u2019s dry season is accompanied by\nthe El Ni\u00f1o phenomenon, which significantly increases the risk of forest\nand land fires. The government has taken proactive steps in line with\nPresident Prabowo Subianto\u2019s directives to face the peak of the dry\nseason, which falls in August.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that on 28 July, cross-ministerial and institutional\ncoordination was carried out, involving the TNI Commander, the National\nPolice Chief, BMKG, and BNPB. \u201cThis means the government is going all\nout to anticipate El Ni\u00f1o,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>East Java Deputy Governor Emil Elestianto Dardak, who accompanied the\nminister, stated that the handling of the Mount Bromo fire prioritises\ncollaboration between regional and central governments. Currently,\nfirefighting efforts are focused on the Pasuruan area using the water\nbombing method.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is one additional hotspot, an expansion from the initial\npoint. At Penanjakan, the focus was water bombing; now another has\nemerged in the Pasuruan area, called Dingklik,\u201d Emil explained.<\/p>\n<p>The government has ensured that the entire handling process is\ncarried out comprehensively so that the hotspots can be fully\nextinguished as soon as possible to prevent wider ecosystem damage in\nthe national park area.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bromo-fire-public-urged-not-to-use-fire-in-forest-areas-1786290658",
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