Wildfires Spread in Mount Bromo, State Secretary Responds

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi has spoken out about the forest and land fires that are increasingly spreading across the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java.

Prasetyo explained that the government is continuing its efforts to extinguish the fire hotspots within the national park. Coordination with Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni, the East Java provincial administration, and the Head of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Authority is ongoing.

“We continue to coordinate to make the strongest possible efforts to carry out the extinguishing process as soon as possible so that it does not spread further,” Prasetyo told reporters at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday, 10 August 2026.

Prasetyo added that various equipment, including water bombing, helicopters, and aircraft, has been deployed to tackle the forest fires on Mount Bromo.

“Equipment including water bombing, helicopters, and aircraft that can help address the forest fires, in accordance with the instructions and orders of the President last night, is all being coordinated today,” he explained.

In addition, he urged the public not to engage in activities that could potentially cause fires given the current weather conditions.

“We urge the entire community that the weather conditions are indeed very dry, making it prone to sparks. We therefore earnestly ask everyone to be vigilant and avoid doing anything that could potentially cause uncontrolled fires,” he said.