The smoke was looming high. The sun was scorchingly hot. Even the heat was perceived from the neck to the headlock. The date was 01/03/2021 forest burning was perpetrated yet again. FMU (Forest Management Unit) Mempawah district, under the Environmental and Forestry Services of West Borneo, together with joint team from: Polres Mempawah, District Military Command 1201/Mph, BPBD Mempawah district, poised and quick as the front force in contending with the brunt of forest and land fires (Karhutla).
After five hours, the fire was successfuly quenched. One hot spot could easily be handled, but another five would rise to take its place. It would take five days for them to be completely put out. The azure sky was no more.
Forest and Land Fires (karhutla) is indeed a daunting scourge, even more so when the ground is peat.