Indonesia, Aug. 4 -- The government has asked South Kalimantan to prepare an emergency response plan for forest and land fires, following the declaration of emergency alert status in the province on Monday.

"The (forestry and environment) ministries have contacted us and requested that we immediately prepare an emergency response plan for the wildfire alert," South Kalimantan Governor Muhidin informed during the 2025 Forest and Land Fire Disaster Preparedness Coordination Meeting here on Monday.

He explained that the emergency alert status was declared after two regions-Hulu Sungai Selatan district and Banjarbaru city- announced their own forest and land alert statuses.

"Banjar district should also be on alert because it borders Banjar...