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National scene: More hot spots found in Kalimantan: BNPB
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday that hot spots continued to be detected in forested areas of Kalimantan and Sumatra in spite of the governmentâs coordinated efforts to put them out
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he National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday that hot spots continued to be detected in forested areas of Kalimantan and Sumatra in spite of the government's coordinated efforts to put them out.
'We still can't put out the fires,' BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Sutopo said that fires had spread to forests in East Kalimantan.
Data from the BNBP said that Jambi had 108 hot spots, Riau Island 10 hot spots, Riau 57 hot spots, while South Sumatra and Lampung had 871 hot spots and 39 hot spots, respectively.
In Kalimantan, the BNPB said it found 212 hot spots, with at least 156 hot spots in Central Kalimantan.
'If we look through a satellite, we can find more hot spots,' he said.
Sutopo said that efforts to put out the fires were continuing with the help of neighboring countries, including Malaysia and Singapore.
