JAKARTA: The Home Ministry has ordered local administrations in Kalimantan and Sumatra to launch preventive measures to contain forest fires after the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) discovered a growing number of hotspots in the two provinces.
In Sumatra, small fires were detected in 68 locations on Sunday which, if not tackled immediately, could grow bigger to become forest fires in the near future. Satellite data also showed 38 hotspots in East Kalimantan and one in North Kalimantan on the same day.
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