Sungai Liang firefighters recently busy
extinguishing the forest fire in the "pipe road" opposite to the
Brunei LNG (BLNG) entrance road in Lumut, Belait. The operation which had begin
yesterday (11 March 2014, Tuesday) saw
the firefighters trying to extinguish the fire which had already destroyed the
forested areas near the road.
In a visit last Wednesday (12 March 2014, Tuesday)
firefighters from Sungai Liang fire station can be seen trying to contain the
peat swamp fire which are burning beneath the surface. Thus they had to flood
the affected area using the portable pump and monitor. Fortunately there are
small river at the site which provide water through the operation. The fire is
said to be caused by the current hot and dry weather condition.
According to the firefighters they had to travel inside the
forest along with their equipment such as fire hoses, what they worried is that
the smoke from the peat swamp fire as it can cause limited visibility to the
nearby road if the fire source is not controlled and flooded. They also will be on standby at the site in
the morning in order to control the blaze and minimise the smoke emitted from
the fire. While at night they had to hold the operation due to the risk from
the terrain and dangerous creatures such as snake.
Meanwhile at another incident a bushfire occurred in Sungai Bakong area in Lumut Village, Belait. The fire which
occurred around 2:45pm caused the nearby main road are covered with smoke.
A team of firefighters in a fire engine from SPARK Fire
Station arrived at the scene and managed to extinguish the blaze which had
ravaged several hectares of grass and bushes at the Sungai Bakong riverbank.
The quick action also saved the nearby forest behind the Lumut Primary School.
Similar incident also occurred at Simpang 638 (pipe maintenance road), Lumut as
well as in Sungai Mau village. Those incidents are caused by the current hot
and dry weather condition.
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