Angkasa Pura Airports Bantu Pemadaman Titik Api di Hutan Sulawesi

MANADO - Sam Ratulangi International AirportBranch of Angkasa Pura Airports, Manado, North Sulawesi, prepare 107,000 tons of water to extinguish fires in the area. "Fire in North Sulawesi is widespread and should be extinguished in order not to disrupt the activities of the community. We support the water supply as much as 107,000 tons," said General Manager Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Halendra Waworuntu.

This district is focused on North Minahasa Regency and Bitung. "Currently, in addition to fire suppression carried out by land as well as through the air, and we support the provision of enough water, what is necessary to be prepared," he said. Extinguishing the fire by air have been conducted since October 24, 2015. On the first day there was five times the cost of extinguishing the fire at KlabatMount and Dua Sudara Mount.

"The first day are only five times and 15 times on the second day and on the third day are also 15 times and each time the aircraft departs carry as much as 3,000 liters of water," he said.

Air BaseCommander of Sam Ratulangi TNI AU, Airmen Colonel Djoko Tjahjono, said, the extent of the fire at Klabat Mount and Dua Sudara Mount has reached 5.5 square kilometers thus requiring thousands of liters to extinguish it.

"We continue to try to extinguish the fire points in both areas to immediately extinguished so that the water is mixed with a chemical content that is able to extinguish the fire to the bottom of the ground," he said. In North Sulawesi, there are 18,435 hectares of forest and land burned and scattered in 15 regencies and cities. [DSS / Source: MDCPR / Antara News / Photo: Bisnis.com]