#wildfires

Collection of wildfires news, found 19 news.

Indonesia maps fire-prone regions to curb forest and land fires

The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry has mapped regions prone to forest and land fires to mitigate fire incidents, with ...

Indonesia's BNPB responds swiftly to two-day multi-hazard events

Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has launched responsive measures after several regions ...

Joint teams contain 23 hectares of wildfires in Aceh Barat District

The Aceh Barat District Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) has successfully extinguished 23.4 hectares of wildfires out ...

Wildfires occur in three provinces despite rainy season: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said it received reports of wildfires in three provinces, which are ...

Indonesia reports sharp drop in forest, land fires in 2025

Indonesia's Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni reported that forest and land fires across the country have declined ...

Indonesia urges palm oil firms to step up land fire prevention

The Indonesian government has called on palm oil companies to implement stronger measures to prevent land fires, ...

East Kalimantan still fighting wildfires: official

East Kalimantan is continuing to fight wildfires though the number of hotspots indicating wildfires declined from 183 ...

Strengthen water management amid combined El Nino, positive IOD: BMKG

The Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) urged all parties to strengthen water management to ...

BPBA issues flood, landslide warning in Aceh

The Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBA) has warned that the rainy season may trigger severe flooding and landslides ...

Police's investigation still underway into Mt Papandayan's wildfire

The West Java police continues to investigate the main cause of a wildfire that ravaged bushes and trees of the Tegal ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

Satellites identify 23 hotspots of forest fires in North Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites as well as the NOAA20 satellites unearthed 23 medium-category hotspots in North Sumatra ...

Helicopters drop 4.6 million liters water in South Sumatra

Aerial firefighting helicopters dropped over 4.6 million liters of water to help douse forest and land fires at 51 ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...

P&G embraces natural climate solutions to accelerate progress on climate change and will make operations carbon neutral for the decade

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced a new commitment to have its global operations be carbon neutral ...