Fire burns out dry bushes and trees in Pekanbaru, Riau. (File photo)

BMKG detects 140 hot spots in Riau

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Pekanbaru Station's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 140 hot spots. It indicated that forest and land fires (Karhutla) occured in Riau Province.Based on BMKG data obtained in Pekanbaru on Sunday, it was observed that the hot spots surge in Dumai City in the last 24 hours period reached 67 points. This figure is the...