Death toll in Bromo wildfire response rises to 4
Two burn victims were referred to RSUD dr Soetomo after the team was trapped by flames when wind direction shifted rapidly.
The number of officers who died while fighting a forest and land fire in the Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru area of Probolinggo, East Java, rose to four on Thursday (15/10). The fourth victim was Hendra Rony Wagiyanata, a Manggala Agni TNBTS officer, who died after being treated for severe burns. The other three who died at the scene were Sukaris, Wisnu Yuda Pratama and Sefriel Ardiansyah. Two others, Munawi and Suraji, have now been referred to RSUD dr Soetomo Surabaya. According to Probolinggo Regent Muhammad Haris, 12 people were initially deployed under SOP, but six were trapped when the fire spread and the wind changed direction quickly in the Mentigen, Cemorolawang area.
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