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18 hot spots detected in Sumatra
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Thick smoke from forest fires in Riau on Aug. 29, 2016 (Courtesy of the Riau Land and Forest Fire Post’s air task force/-)
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orest and land fires have begun to reappear in Sumatra, with 18 hot spots detected on Wednesday morning, the highest number in the wet season of early 2017.
Pekanbaru Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head Sugarin said Terra and Aqua satellites detected hot spots in West Sumatra (1 spot), Riau (7), North Sumatra (1) provinces.
In Riau, most of the hot spots were detected in Rokan Hulu (3 spots) followed by Pelalawan (2). The rest were detected in Bengkalis and Kuantan Singingi regencies.
“Five hot spots [in Riau] show strong indication of [forest or land] fires,” Sugarin said as quoted by Antara news agency, adding that the five spots were spread in Rokan Hulu (3), Bengkalis (1) and Kuantan Singingi (1).
The BMKG began detecting hot spots in Riau two weeks ago.
