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        "id": 2057891,
        "msgid": "rainfall-begins-areas-affected-by-forest-and-land-fires-fall-significantly-1793105520",
        "date": "2026-10-27 18:52:21",
        "title": "Rainfall Begins, Areas Affected by Forest and Land Fires Fall Significantly",
        "author": "Mas Alamil Huda",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The BNPB says the area affected by forest and land fires has fallen sharply in Sumatra and Kalimantan as rain begins to fall. Fires remain across three Kalimantan provinces, affecting 1,566 hectares, while South Sumatra is the only province in Sumatra still reporting active fires, covering about 23 hectares.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2014 The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) recorded a\nsignificant reduction in areas affected by forest and land fires in\nSumatra and Kalimantan on Tuesday (27 October 2026). The improvement was\nattributed to rainfall beginning in several areas.<\/p>\n<p>Berton SP Panjaitan, acting head of the BNPB\u2019s Centre for Disaster\nData, Information and Communication, said that only one province in\nSumatra\u2014South Sumatra\u2014was still reporting fires. The area still burning\nthere was estimated at about 23 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be grateful that, at present, only one province in\nSumatra, South Sumatra, is reporting forest and land fires, covering an\narea of 23 hectares,\u201d he said at an online press conference on Tuesday\n(27 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Fires in other parts of Sumatra, including Jambi and Lampung, were\nreported to have been extinguished, as rain began falling in those\nareas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this province will also reach zero, like the others,\nparticularly because of natural rainfall,\u201d Berton said.<\/p>\n<p>In Kalimantan, fires were still reported in Central Kalimantan, South\nKalimantan and West Kalimantan. The total area burned in the three\nprovinces was still estimated at 1,566 hectares, although this\nrepresented a 50 per cent reduction from the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also hope natural rain will fall soon in these three provinces.\nWe will, of course, carry out cloud seeding if needed to generate\nrainfall, which is something we can do at present,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rainfall-begins-areas-affected-by-forest-and-land-fires-fall-significantly-1793105520",
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