REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, stated that extensive land and forest fires in Sumatra has reached 58 thousand hectares. This amount was larger than reports from the local government and the Post Fire in a number of provinces in Sumatra, which was only 8,000 hectares.

"Satellite photos showed 58 thousand hectares, instead of 8,000 hectares," said Siti Nurbaya when reviewing the location of fires in Rimbo Panjang, Kampar, Riau, Sunday (20/9).

Siti Nurbaya claimed that she did not understand why the comprehensive reports of the fire could be different.

Even so, she said that this needs to be done and all parties need to work together to tackle the fire.

"Governments can't solve this alone. We must work together," she added.

She stressed, public should receive fair information related to law enforcement for arsonists, because it has become the instruction of the President Joko Widodo. The law enforcement have to uncover the real actor behind the fire cases, not only catch people who were ordered to burn it.

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