印度尼西亚东爪哇省布罗莫火山国家公园的野火已基本得到控制,但仍存在需要继续处理的隐患。[1]这场始于上周的火灾已烧毁该国家公园近900公顷土地,截至周二仍有四处活跃热点分别位于瓦当干、阿尔沃乌兰、丁克利克-帕基斯和宾西尔-蒙加尔地区。[1]
烟霾导致的环境恶化已在当地造成显著影响。[1]省会坤甸因空气质量恶化至不健康水平而被迫停课。[1]与此同时,印度尼西亚正经历干季,全国范围内已有近48,900公顷泥炭地过火,主要集中在西加里曼丹。[1]为应对这一局面,政府已部署超过35架飞机参与灭火作业,其中包括水轰直升机和巡逻飞机。[1]
印度尼西亚国家防灾部门负责人苏哈亚托指出,泥炭火具有特殊危险性:"泥炭火可以在表面火焰消失后继续在地下闷烧"。[1]卫星影像进一步显示,本月西加里曼丹的野火烟雾已多次飘入邻近的马来西亚。[1]
A wildfire at Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia has burned nearly 900 hectares (2,224 acres) and remains largely under control, though four active hotspots continue to demand firefighting efforts [1]. The fire, which began last week, still shows flames at four locations—Watangan, Argowulan, Dingklik-Pakis, and Bincil-Mungal—as of Tuesday [1]. The deteriorating air quality has prompted school closures in the provincial capital of Pontianak [1].
Across Indonesia during the dry season, peat fires have consumed nearly 48,900 hectares (121,000 acres), with the heaviest concentrations in West Kalimantan [1]. The government has deployed more than 35 aircraft, including water-bombing helicopters and patrol planes, to combat the blazes [1]. According to Suharyanto, head of Indonesia's disaster management agency, peat fires present a particular challenge: "Peat fires can continue to smolder underground even after visible flames disappear" [1]. Satellite imagery has captured smoke from West Kalimantan wildfires drifting across the border into neighboring Malaysia multiple times this month [1].