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        "id": 2062186,
        "msgid": "wildfire-fighting-officer-in-north-toraja-dies-after-being-struck-by-falling-tree-1793328712",
        "date": "2026-10-30 09:25:34",
        "title": "Wildfire-Fighting Officer in North Toraja Dies After Being Struck by Falling Tree",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A Manggala Agni officer died while fighting a forest and land fire in a protected forest in North Toraja, South Sulawesi, after a tree fell on him as he rested near the fire site. The blaze, which had been burning since 19 October, remained unextinguished despite efforts by a joint team involving forestry officials, the Ministry of Forestry\u2019s wildfire control agency, the military and police.",
        "content": "<p>Manggala Agni officer Padayya, 45, died while on duty fighting a\nforest and land fire in North Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi. He was\nkilled after being struck by a falling tree near the fire site.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place in the protected forest area of Lembang\nNanna, Nanggala District, at about 8.50pm local time on Wednesday, 28\nOctober 2026. Kasman, head of the South Sulawesi Environmental and\nForestry Office, confirmed the officer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis status was as a government contract employee with Manggala Agni\nat the Saddang II Forest Management Unit Technical Implementation Unit\nin North Toraja Regency, under the South Sulawesi provincial\ngovernment\u2019s Environmental and Forestry Office,\u201d Kasman said, as quoted\nby detikSulsel on Friday, 30 October.<\/p>\n<p>Kasman said the fire in the protected forest had been burning since\nMonday, 19 October. It had still not been extinguished when the incident\noccurred, despite the involvement of a number of joint response\nteams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has still not been possible to extinguish it. A joint team from\nthe Saddang II Forest Management Unit, the Ministry of Forestry\u2019s Forest\nand Land Fire Control Centre, the Indonesian Military and the National\nPolice has made efforts to put it out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Padayya was one of the officers deployed in the firefighting\noperation. At the time of the incident, he was resting on Karre Main\nRoad, not far from the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile resting in the middle of Karre Main Road during the forest and\nland fire response, a tree suddenly fell,\u201d Kasman said.<\/p>\n<p>After being struck by the tree, Padayya was evacuated to Nanggala\nCommunity Health Centre for medical treatment. He was then referred to\nElim Rantepao Hospital, but could not be saved.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wildfire-fighting-officer-in-north-toraja-dies-after-being-struck-by-falling-tree-1793328712",
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