Indonesia’s underground peat fires persist despite rain as hotspots decline

JAKARTA, Oct 27 — Indonesia continues efforts to extinguish underground peat fires, despite rainfall easing firefighting operations in several affected areas.

The Forestry Ministry said high-confidence forest and land fire hotspots nationwide fell to 93 from 147 a day earlier.

Across six priority provinces, it said the number of hotspots fell to 10 from 26 as of 9pm local time on Monday, with five detected in West Kalimantan, three in Central Kalimantan and two in South Sumatra. No hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, Jambi or Riau.

“This decline continues the positive trend observed over the past few days. However, it is important to reiterate that hotspots indicate surface temperature anomalies detected by satellites, and a single fire incident can be detected as several hotspots.

“Conversely, fires or embers may remain on the ground even when hotspots are no longer detected. Therefore, a decline in hotspots does not automatically mean that all forest fires have been extinguished,” it said in an update posted on social media.

Although rain had fallen in several parts of Ogan Komering Ilir district in South Sumatra, conditions in Talang Rimba village showed that rainfall alone was insufficient to extinguish all fires.

“On peatlands in particular, embers can persist and spread beneath the surface. Therefore, patrols, water application, searches for remaining embers, mop-up and cooling operations continue until personnel can confirm that conditions are completely safe,” the Forest Ministry said.

It said 61 aircraft remained deployed to support firefighting operations while weather modification operations continued in areas with suitable cloud conditions. — Bernama

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雅加达，10 月 27 日——尽管降雨缓解了几个受灾地区的灭火工作，但印度尼西亚仍在继续努力扑灭地下泥炭火灾。

林业部表示，全国高置信度森林和土地火灾热点地区从前一天的 147 个减少到 93 个。

报告称，截至周一晚9点（当地时间），六个重点省份的疫情热点地区数量已从26个降至10个，其​​中西加里曼丹省5个，中加里曼丹省3个，南苏门答腊省2个。南加里曼丹省、占碑省和廖内省未发现热点地区。

“这一下降趋势延续了过去几天的积极态势。然而，需要重申的是，热点区域表明卫星探测到的地表温度异常，一次火灾事件可能被探测到多个热点区域。”

“反之，即使不再检测到热点，地面上可能仍会残留火苗或余烬。因此，热点减少并不意味着所有森林火灾都已被扑灭，”该机构在社交媒体上发布的最新消息中表示。

虽然南苏门答腊省奥甘科梅林伊利尔县的几个地方都下了雨，但塔朗林巴村的情况表明，单靠降雨不足以扑灭所有的火灾。

“尤其是在泥炭地上，余烬可能会在地表下持续存在并蔓延。因此，巡逻、洒水、搜寻残余余烬、清理和冷却作业将继续进行，直到工作人员确认情况完全安全为止，”林业部表示。

声明称，仍有61架飞机部署在外支援灭火行动，同时在云层条件适宜的地区继续进行人工气象作业。——马新社

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