Water bombs effective in fighting forest fires

A Bombardier plane flying low to scoop water to douse forest fires in Kuala Baram. – Photo: STEPHEN THEN/The Star

MIRI: An area of 35 sq km of forest fires in the Kuala Baram district in northern Sarawak have been successfully doused so far.

Yesterday, the Bombardier aircraft carried out more sorties and managed to douse another 20 sq km of fires. The day before, 15 sq km was bombed with 354,000 litres of water.