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BMKG detects 813 hotspots in Sumatra

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- The Pekanbaru Office of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 813 hotspots across seven provinces in Sumatra Islands.Based on data received here on Sunday, 645 hotspots had been identified in the province of South Sumatra."Furthermore, hotspots were detected in Jambi with 70 spots," Head of BMKG Pekanbaru Sugarin said here on Sunday.According to...

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Indonesian military puts out 3,163 hotspots

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian military (TNI) has managed to put out 3,163 out of 3,289 hotspots from land and forest fires in the four provinces of South Sumatra, Riau, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan."Since forest fires began to occur in the four provinces, the TNI has deployed 5,010 personnel to help put out the land and forest fires,"...