MIRI: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department in Miri has started aerial water bombing operations to contain a raging forest fire in the Kuala Baram district. Supt Law in his latest update to Sarawak Bomba said the Bomba Air Unit would be dropping water from nearby sources to try and contain the flames. "Firefighters are also on the ground battling the fires which are burning in peat soil," he said. The wildfire in Kuala Baram is just one of dozens that are burning throughout the state now. Fires measuring more than one sq km in size are called hotspots as they can be detected by satellites 100km above earth.

Source: thestar August 18, 2018 04:41 UTC