Forest and land fires scorch seven hectares across Sumatra over the weekend, says disaster agency


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JAKARTA (Bernama): At least seven hectares of land were scorched by forest and land fires across Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend, with blazes reported in West Sumatra and Aceh provinces, the national disaster agency said on Monday.

According to the local disaster management agency (BPBD), in West Sumatra’s Lima Puluh Kota regency, a fire broke out on Sunday in Jorong Sarasah Tanggo, Nagari Sarilamak, Harau subdistrict, burning about four hectares of land,

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