'Water bombing' exercise succeeds in controlling forest, peatland fires in Sri Aman


A file picture of an MMEA Bombardier CL-415 aircraft like the one that carried out 10 successful sorties in Sri Aman, Sarawak, on Sunday (Sept 22).

KUCHING (Bernama): The operation to fight forest and peatland fires in Sri Aman, Sarawak, which entered its seventh day Sunday (Sept 22), was boosted through the successful "water bombing" exercise by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency's (MMEA) Bombardier CL-415 aircraft.

The plane had been deployed on Sept 18 and 21 to carry out similar operations, but the attempts failed due to technical difficulties with the aircraft, as well as lack of water resources.

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