Balikpapan, E Kalimantan (ANTARA) – The Indonesian province of East Kalimantan has been warned of potential wildfires as the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 33 hot spots since Saturday.
The hotspots were detected in Balikpapan City and five districts, according to Carolina Meylita Sibarani, an officer at the BMKG Office of Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport.
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Speaking to ANTARA here Sunday, she said the detected hotspots had been reported to the province’s disaster mitigation agencies to enable related authorities to take necessary immediate actions.
One of the 33 hot spots was detected in Balikpapan Timur Subdistrict of Balikpapan City, while 32 others were detected in the districts of Kutai Barat, Mahakam Ulu, Paser, Kutai Timur, and Kutai Kartanegara, she said.
Twenty three of the 33 hot spots were detected in Kutai Timur District, Sibarani added.
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