DARO, March 29 2026: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Mi-171 aircraft with 12 crew members, based at the Sarawak Regional Air Base, Miri, flew to Penasu, Daro to help battle the raging bush fires.
Caption: The wild fires have devastated vast area in Penasu
The aircraft carried out water bombing operation for 90 minutes, successfully releasing 20 dumps of water totaling 40,000L of water taken from the Hulu Seredang River.
The water bombing operation targeted the entire perimeter of the fire to control the spread.
According to Daro Bomba station, risk assessment through aerial monitoring found that the spread had been put under control following the presence of fire break drainage around the fire area.
It said that through the assessment, the aircraft commander decided to end the water bombing flight operation and hand over the extinguishing task entirely to Daro Bomba team which is still at the location to carry out 'ground attack and overhauling'.
The station also said the weather conditions a while ago were moderately strong winds and there was also rain around the area near the fire area.
The aircraft will return to Miri this evening after refueling at Sibu Airport.
The Kampung Penasu fire, which started on Friday night, expanded to over 10 hectares as of yesterday morning.
Daro Bomba has dispatched a team of firefighters to the scene to put out the fires.
Hot and windy weather conditions caused the fire to spread quickly.
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