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Fending Off the Blaze in Limbung

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Residents of the Fire-Aware Community (MPA) in Limbung village, along with soldiers and police officers, extinguished a peatland fire in Limbung village, Sungai Raya district, Kubu Raya regency, West Kalimantan, March 2, 2026. Source: MPA/Elly. tempo : 177879764364.

WHEN he hung dozens of water hoses in the warehouse last year, Elly Prianto already suspected that a major fire would, sooner or later, arrive. Sure enough, the peatlands surrounding his village in Sidomulyo hamlet, Limbung village, Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan, began to burn in early February 2026.

“By April, around 200 hectares of land in our village had been burned,” said Elly, Head of the Fire Care Community (MPA) of Limbun

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Fachri Hamzah (Jakarta), Maria (West Kalimantan), and Suryadi (Riau) contributed to the writing of this report.

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