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        "id": 1910543,
        "msgid": "government-coordinates-to-extinguish-forest-fires-1786355724",
        "date": "2026-08-10 15:59:24",
        "title": "Government Coordinates to Extinguish Forest Fires",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government is coordinating a cross-agency response to combat forest and land fires across several regions, including West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. Efforts include deploying water bombing aircraft and planning weather modification operations with the meteorological agency. The public has been urged to avoid activities that could spark fires during the current dry conditions.",
        "content": "<p>Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi stated that the government\nhas carried out cross-agency coordination in an effort to extinguish\nforest and land fires at various locations. Prasetyo, during a press\nbriefing after a meeting at the DPR RI Building in Jakarta on Monday,\nsaid the government continues to coordinate with various relevant\nparties to attempt immediate extinguishing so that the fires do not\nspread. \u201cSome of the areas with a very high number of hotspots are West\nKalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and a significant fire occurring in\nBromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java. We continue to coordinate\nwith the East Java Provincial Government, the Regional Military\nCommander, the Regional Police Chief, the Minister of Forestry, and the\nranks of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Centre to make every\npossible effort to carry out the extinguishing process as soon as\npossible so it does not continue to spread,\u201d he said. According to him,\na coordination meeting has also been held with the Meteorology,\nClimatology, and Geophysics Agency to design weather modification\noperations. Although weather modification is not feasible for all\nhotspots, the government continues to monitor developments periodically.\n\u201cThen equipment including water bombing, helicopters, and aircraft that\ncan help to tackle forest and land fires, in accordance with the\ndirections and orders of the President last night, today we are\ncoordinating all of it,\u201d he stated. In addition, Prasetyo also appealed\nto the public to avoid activities that could cause sparks. \u201cWe appeal to\nthe entire community that this is indeed very dry weather, making it\nprone to sparks, so we earnestly request all members of the public to be\nvigilant and avoid doing anything that could potentially cause\nuncontrollable fires,\u201d he said. Previously, Minister of Forestry Raja\nJuli Antoni emphasised that the President had instructed all government\nranks to protect the public from the threat of forest and land fires\nduring the dry season. \u201cPresident Prabowo Subianto\u2019s orders are clear:\nthe government is ready to protect our citizens from the threat of\nforest and land fires. The state is present to prevent forest fires,\u201d he\nsaid on Friday (7\/8). He reminded that forest and land fires not only\ndamage forests but also disrupt community life as they can trigger acute\nrespiratory infections, force school closures, hamper economic activity,\nand disrupt airport operations. \u201cThis must not happen again,\u201d said the\nMinister of Forestry. He is optimistic that Indonesia can reduce the\nnumber of forest and land fires even though this year\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o is\npredicted to arrive earlier due to climate change. \u201cHopefully this year\nthe number of forest and land fires will be much lower than in 2023,\nwith the minimum possible impact on the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-coordinates-to-extinguish-forest-fires-1786355724",
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