Entering the seventh day of the Putri Cempo landfill fire, only 1.5 hectares have been extinguished

On the seventh day of the fire at the Putri Cempo landfill, firefighting efforts have successfully extinguished only 1.5 hectares of the blaze. Firefighters, supported by military personnel from the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), continue their operations to tackle the remaining hotspots burning through the mounds of waste at the site.

The ongoing incident highlights the extreme difficulty and scale of managing landfill fires, as crews struggle to gain control over the extensive fire a full week after it began.