Two hectares grass burn at airport

Two hectares grass burn at airport

TANGERANG (JP): About two hectares of fields at Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport in Cengkareng here caught fire on Monday
after becoming dry due to the prolonged dry season, an official
said on Tuesday.

Airport Police chief Capt. Titik H. Valentina said the blaze
started at about 3:30 p.m. and lasted about two hours before
firefighters were deployed to put it out.

There were no major disturbances in the airport's traffic, she
said, although the billowing smoke caused a minor delay in the
flight schedule.

Tom Syahril, spokesman for the airport management PT Angkasa
Pura II, said the airport was equipped with an Instrument Landing
System (ILS) which is able to guide planes to land in weather
obstacles such as heavy rain or fog.

"We've also asked for regular watering of the field to avoid
the possibility of fire," he said. (41/edt)