Conservation official dies in Tangkoko fire

Conservation official dies in Tangkoko fire

BITUNG, North Sulawesi: An environment official was killed on
Saturday in a forest fire that razed dozens of hectares of
Tangkoko Forest Reserve.

Several witnesses said on Monday that Fahrenheit Pontomudis,
45, head of the North Sulawesi Natural Resource Conservation
Body, was killed by a tree that fell on him while he was helping
firefighters combat the blaze.

Bitung Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. A.P. Simanjuntak confirmed
the Fahrenheit's death. He added no autopsy would be performed at
the request of Fahrenheit's family. -- JP