Sampit, July 2 -- The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Kotawaringin Timur (Kotim), Central Kalimantan, confirmed maintaining preparedness for possible forest and land fires (karhutla) despite the current dry season being relatively wet with some rainfall.

"Responding to the recent phenomenon, we, at Kotim BPBD, remain on alert. We have also reported the positions of all units to the district head and the police chief, so that if an incident occurs, they are ready to respond," Head of Kotim BPBD Multazam stated in Sampit on Wednesday.

According to information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), he remarked that Kotim began entering the dry season in the last 10 days of June, especially in the sout...