Efforts to Extinguish Forest and Land Fires in West Aceh

A number of personnel from the West Aceh Police conducted firefighting operations on forest and land (karhutla) in the peatland area of Leukeun Village, Samatiga, West Aceh, on Tuesday (8/9/2026).

The West Aceh Police deployed dozens of personnel who had to travel eight kilometres through forest paths to reach the fire site. The team focused on creating firebreaks and active suppression to prevent the fire from spreading to residential settlements.

Police personnel navigated through village forest tracks to reach the specific points of the forest and land fires in the Leukeun Village peatland area.