Pontianak, Aug. 8 -- Chief of the Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has stressed the importance of preventing forest fires, noting that the high fire risk in peat areas stems from both human and natural factors.

During a coordination meeting on forest and land fire control in West Kalimantan on Friday, General Prabowo listed deliberate burning and natural fire outbreaks due to peatland dryness as the two chief causes of fires.

"There are still fire sources that arise from deliberate burning and from dry peat areas, which can ignite fires naturally. Therefore, monitoring must continue to be tightened," he said.

He then emphasized the importance of establishing monitoring posts in fire-prone areas, with monitoring...