Jakarta, Sept. 2 -- Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said forest and land fire hotspots in West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan have risen again after previously declining, making the two provinces the government's top priority for fire mitigation.

"After all six priority provinces showed a declining trend yesterday, today West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan are again showing rising hotspots. This means the nation's top priority remains West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan," Antoni said in a statement received here on Wednesday.

After reviewing forest and land fires in Jambi on the same day, Antoni said he and National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Head Suharyanto would travel to Pontianak to strengthen coordination with st...