The South Kalimantan Regional Police successfully cooled peatland temperatures using an innovative, environmentally friendly, plant-based surfactant solution developed by the South Kalimantan Regional Police's Forensic Laboratory (Bidlabfor) to extinguish a 900-hectare land fire in Pengayuan, South Landasan Ulin Village, Banjarbaru.
Personnel of Bengkulu Regional Uniformed Regular Police Directorate move swiftly and support the wildfire extinguishing effort in Bentiring Permai 2 Road, Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City on Wednesday (9/2/2026).
The East Java Regional Police are strengthening forest and land fire prevention measures by intensifying patrols, mapping vulnerable areas, educating the public, and ensuring the readiness of personnel and equipment.
The Central Java Regional Police are strengthening forest and land fire prevention and control measures throughout Indonesia.
Riau Regional Police police women directly assisted in handling forest and land fires in Pelalawan and Rokan Hilir Regencies.
Personnel from the C Pioneer Battalion of the Jambi Regional Police Mobile Brigade Corps once again moved swiftly to handle wildfire in Tebo Regency.
Brigadier General Mohammad Irhamni, Director of Specific Crimes Investigation at the Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Agency, stated that the number of suspects in the alleged forest and land fire case has increased to 89, up from 72 previously.
The Riau Regional Police and its ranks have named 40 suspects in 37 forest and land fire cases, involving a total of 904 hectares of burned land.
Forest and land fires on Mount Semeru, located in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park (TNBTS) area in Lumajang Regency, East Java, were extinguished using water-bombing helicopters on Friday (8/28/2026).
The South Sulawesi Provincial Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) reported that 112 forest and land fires occurred across 15 regencies/cities in South Sulawesi during the 2026 dry season.
Personnel from the North Kalimantan Regional Police conducted a Quick Response to forest and land fires at three different locations in Bulungan Regency on Thursday (8/20/2026).
The Riau Regional Police's Special Criminal Investigation Directorate has involved five experts from various fields in the investigation of the forest and land fires in Bandar Kaya Village, Siak Kecil District, Bengkalis Regency.
