JOHOR BARU, Oct 17 — The Johor Fire and Rescue Department has efficiently extinguished a fire involving 23 hectares of forest in Pengerang close to Kota (*23*) after three days of operation.
Sebana Cove Pengerang Fire and Rescue station chief Mohd Khairul Sufian Dahari stated nine hectares of the forest space was still ablaze on the Sebana Cove-Punggai bypass.
He stated a complete of 15 firemen and three fire-fighting machines from the Sebana Cove, Punggai and Kota (*23*) fire and rescue stations had been concerned in the operation.
“Various methods had been employed throughout the operations the place the fire extinguishing efforts had been divided into 5 sectors particularly A, B, C, D and E.
Advertisement
“The complete flooding method utilizing mounted screens from open water sources in close by areas had been used to extinguish the fire in sectors A and C.
“There was a complete of 27 water releases from AW139 firefighting helicopters and 18 water releases from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) amphibious Bombardier plane,” Mohd Khairul stated in an announcement at the moment.
He was giving an replace on the efforts to extinguish and include a forest fire on the Sebana Cove-Punggai bypass.
Advertisement
Johor Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency’s (MMEA) director Maritime First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria (centre) helping in the coordination of the operations to extinguish a forest fire in Pengerang, Kota (*23*) October 17, 2023. — Picture courtesy of Johor MMEA
The present scorching and dry spell with temperatures exceeding 36°C has made it troublesome to regulate and extinguish the blaze.
As a end result, the encompassing areas had been coated in smoke, limiting visibility to solely 2km.
Meanwhile, the Johor MMEA deployed its amphibious Bombardier CL415MP plane to help with the fire-fighting efforts.
Johor MMEA director Maritime First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria stated the plane was deployed to help the state’s Fire and Rescue Department in extinguishing the fires which have unfold to 32 hectares of land.
“Aid was supplied after visuals from a drone air surveillance discovered that the fire had unfold from two hectares to 32 hectares in the previous three days.
“The division then alerted the Kota (*23*) district workplace, which requested assist to conduct water bombing operations on the affected areas,” he stated in an announcement at the moment.
Nurul Hizam added that the division’s plane is ready to carry 6,000 litres of water and has made 18 water bombings at the moment.
“We will proceed to help the operations till the forest fires have been put out.
“The public is suggested to not conduct any open burning actions that might additional worsen the situation, particularly close to the realm,” he stated.
