20140510 Brunei Bushfire in Tutong Town
Brunei May 14 2014 “Forest”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : --- Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Bushfire in Tutong Town
Updated: 2014-05-10
A MAJOR bushfire destroyed several hectares of bushes yesterday.
The fire, which occurred around 4pm near Brunei Islamic College in Tutong Town, caused thick smoke and flames which could be seen from as far as the Muara-Tutong Highway.
A team of four firefighters led by Assistant Station Officer (ASO) Abd Aziz in a fire engine from Tutong Town rushed to the scene to fight the blaze.
They had to face the thick bushes in order to control and extinguish the blaze which started in the middle of the bushes.
By 7pm the fire had been under control and the firefighters still on the scene to monitor the situation.
According to the firefighters, due to the current hot and dry season the Tutong District Operational E command personnel are busy attending numbers of forest and bushes fire which are caused by weather condition as well as human factor such as open burning.
Websource:Borneo Bulletin
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