150 Personnel of Kodim 0303 Bengkalis involve in handling Forest and Land Fires

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Military District Command Headquarters (Kodim) 0303 / Bengkalis fielded 150 personnel to extinguish and cool Forest and Land Fires (Karhutla) that occurred in Bengkalis Regency. The blackout was immediately led by Dandim 0303 / Bengkalis Lt. Col. Inf Timmy Prasetya Harmianto S. Sos precisely in Tanjung Damai Village, Siak Kecil District, Bengkalis, Wednesday 11 September 2019 yesterday.

In addition to personnel from the Bengkalis Kodim, the Damkar and BPBD Bengkalis are also assisted by combing a number of ex-fire areas which still emit smoke to prevent new fires from appearing. Meanwhile, Dandim 0303 / Bengkalis, Lt. Col. Inf Timmy Prasetya Harmianto said that hundreds of personnel were deployed to handle the forest and land fires that occurred in 0303 / Bengkalis Kodim region including, District. Siak, Meranti and Kab. Bengkalis.

"As many as 150 TNI personnel along with Damkar and BPBD were immediately mobilized to extinguish and cool down at the location of the former fire which still emits smoke. Because it is feared that fire will appear again," said Dandim Bengkalis Inf.

Still said Dandim, the implementation of the blackout and cooling was simultaneously carried out in three regions including Merbau District, Tanjung Damai, Meranti Regency and Pinggir District Bengkalis Regency. "Today, we are simultaneously extinguishing and cooling the forest and land fires in Merbau, Tanjung Damai and Pinggir," said Dandim again.

He continued, despite the current conditions of cooling, Bengkalis Kodim members were still covered in lumus in the post-karhutla location, especially the Karhutla Subsatgas team who came from Kodim 0303 / Bengkalis personnel. "Our members are still pending pendingingan, both in Bengkalis Regency, Meranti and in Siak," he added.