The Borneo Post (Sabah)

95% of peatland fires in Sri Aman doused

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KUCHING: The firefighti­ng operation to douse peat fires covering 246 hectares of land in Sri Aman is about 95 per cent complete.

A State Disaster Management Committee spokesman said the fire was almost completely under control, and only a small portion of the land remained burning.

“Tomorrow, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcemen­t Agency (APMM) will hold a press conference to update on the status and latest developmen­ts on the operation,” he told Bernama when contacted here yesterday.

Meanwhile, Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia operations assistant director Tiong Ling Hii, said as of 3 pm, peat fires were still active, especially in sectors A and sector B, covering 8 hectares of land.

“While in sector C, the fire has been completely extinguish­ed with the use of MI-171 helicopter­s in water bombing operations using 25,200 litres of water through 14 sorties, while the water bombing exercise using the Bombardier CL-415 was successful­ly carried out with 10 sorties using 60,000 litres of water,” he said in a statement. - Bernama

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