Jakarta, Oct. 14 -- Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has prioritized firefighting in Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra, where large areas of forest and land fires still require urgent suppression, officials said on Wednesday.

"Central Kalimantan and South Sumatra are indeed our main focus right now-our top priorities," Acting Head of the BNPB's Disaster Data, Information and Communication Center Berton SP Panjaitan told a news conference in Jakarta.

BNPB data as of October 13, 2026, showed active fires spanning 663.61 hectares across six provinces in Kalimantan and Sumatra were still being tackled by response teams.

Berton said responders in Central Kalimantan were fighting fires on 7.8 hectares of peatland. Se...