{
  "id": 11331712,
  "title": "Indonesia battles raging fires as 72ha remain ablaze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/indonesia-battles-raging-fires-as-72ha-remain-ablaze",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T01:30:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2026/10/1545946/indonesia-battles-raging-fires-72ha-remain-ablaze"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jakarta, Indonesia is still grappling with forest and land fires across four provinces, with over 72 hectares currently ablaze. Joint firefighting teams, supported by aerial assistance, have managed to extinguish nearly 3,800 hectares of forest and land fires in six priority provinces within the past week. According to Berton Panjaitan, acting head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Disaster Data, Information and Communication Centre, the areas remaining affected as of Wednesday are located in South Sumatra, Central Kalimantan, Jambi, and West Kalimantan.\n\nThe remaining affected regions have been prioritized for integrated ground and aerial operations, with a focus on active fires, peatlands, subsurface fires, zones prone to rapid spread, as well as airports and settlements. South Sumatra has the largest area still requiring firefighting efforts at 28.5 hectares, followed by Central Kalimantan with 27.6 hectares, Jambi with 14 hectares, and West Kalimantan with 2.34 hectares. Panjaitan revealed that the operations involved 59,035 ground personnel across the six priority provinces, who were backed by water pumps, portable water tanks, and equipment capable of injecting water into deep peat.\n\nAerial support consisted of 56 aircraft, comprising 43 water-bombing helicopters and 13 aircraft dedicated to patrol and weather modification tasks. According to Panjaitan, South Sumatra experienced the largest area extinguished between September 24 and 30 at 1,554.46 hectares, followed by Central Kalimantan with 846 hectares, Jambi with 477.50 hectares, West Kalimantan with 413.30 hectares, South Kalimantan with 349.44 hectares, and Riau with 96.03 hectares.",
  "summary": "JAKARTA: Indonesia continues to battle forest and land fires across four provinces, with fires still affecting over 72ha.",
  "key_points": [
    "Over 72 hectares of fires still burning in four Indonesian provinces",
    "Joint firefighting teams and aerial support extinguished 3,800 hectares",
    "South Sumatra has largest remaining affected area at 28.5 hectares"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}