Antara 15 Jun 11;
Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Riau Province has detected at least 35 hotspots in Sumatra that have the potential of causing forest and land fires, an official said.
"Our latest monitoring using the US NOAA satellite detected on Tuesday at least 35 hotspots in Sumatra which had the potentials to cause forest fires," Riau BMKG analyst Sanya Gautami said here on Wednesday.
He said that most of the hotspots were detected in Riau, reaching 18 spots. This spots scattered in a number of districts such as Rokan Hilir (7) and Bengkalis (3).
Two hotspots were respectively detected in Rokan Hulu, Dumai city, Siak district and Kampar district.
The other 17 hotspots were found in Aceh province, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
(Uu.A014/HAJM)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
