Controlling South Sumatra's Forest and Land Fires
To help extinguish fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Russia has donated two new aircraft that can carry 12 tonnes of water. Water bombing had already been carried out beforehand, but now dry peat is causing a continual increase in the number of hotspots. According to Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut B. Panjaitan, the number of hotspots reached 1,005 on16 October 2015.
Source : kompas
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