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Police battle wildfire on Mount Semeru in East Java

Lumajang district police have deployed personnel to help fight a forest and land fire on Mount Semeru in East ...

Indonesia uses 4.6 million liters of water to fight wildfires

A total of 4.6 million liters of water have been used in aerial firefighting operations against wildfires across six ...

Indonesia issues 35 permits for foreign firefighting aircraft

The Ministry of Transportation has issued 35 special permits for the use of foreign-registered aircraft, covering 36 ...

Indonesia intensifies forest firefighting in four provinces

The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasures (BNPB) has intensified ground and aerial firefighting operations, as ...

Indonesia urges neighbours to avoid blame over Kalimantan fires

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on Sunday urged neighbouring countries such as Malaysia ...

Indonesia deploys 1,500 troops, six helicopters to fight fires

Indonesia is deploying 1,500 additional military personnel and six helicopters to fight forest and land fires in West ...

Indonesia prioritizes ground operations to fight wildfires

The Indonesian government has designated ground firefighting operations as the primary strategy for tackling forest and ...

Ground, aerial operations deploy handle Bromo wildfire

Ground and aerial operations are being deployed to quickly extinguish forest and land fires in the Bromo Tengger Semeru ...

Mount Bromo fires: 3 helicopters deployed for up to 30 daily drops

The Indonesian government has intensified aerial firefighting efforts to combat ongoing forest fires on the slopes of ...

Govt readies weather modification to aid Bromo wildfire response

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is preparing a weather modification operation as an additional measure ...

BNPB confirms two helicopters to combat Bromo National Park fire

Indonesia's disaster management agency (BNPB) will deploy two water-bombing helicopters to help battle a wildfire ...

Ground operations key to containing forest and land fires: minister

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Djamari Chaniago emphasised ground task ...

Forestry Ministry contains 7-ha fire in Riau as cooling continues

The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry swiftly extinguished forest and land fires spanning seven hectares in Rokan Hilir ...

Indonesia ramps up efforts to fight forest fires in Sumatra

The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry is ramping up firefighting operations to tackle forest and land fires across four ...

Battling wildfires on a remote and quiet frontier of Natuna

The skies turned a deep red in the final weeks of March and early April over Natuna District, Riau Islands ...