Jakarta, Oct. 29 -- Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasures (BNPB) said wildfires that affected traditional stone burial sites in North Toraja District, South Sulawesi, has been fully extinguished.

"The fire broke out on October 24 and was extinguished within roughly 16 hours," Acting Head of BNPB's Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center Berton SP Panjaitan told an online press conference here on Wednesday.

Panjaitan said the blaze burned approximately seven hectares of land in two villages, locally known as lembang: Rangri and Ratte. The affected area included terrain encompassing traditional Torajan stone graves.

He noted that local authorities are still assessing the condition of the cultural heritage ...