But, fires continue to break out in APP’s grant areas, which cover five provinces and more than 2 million hectares.
Last month, APP burned about 28, 000 hectares of its territory, and some fires broke out in areas where it has land disputes with the locals.
Letchumi Achanah, the agency’s head of customer relationship and advocacy, told CNA that” we have overlapping permit areas where we have communities making claims to the place, which means APP may work in that area.”
Therefore, until that is resolved, that region is once more autonomous, which means any outside party could enter. There might actually be dust nearby that could start a few small fires that eventually grow larger.
According to APP, it is dedicated to restricting fire incidents to less than 2 % of its grant areas and suppliers.
With the emergence of a more serious El Nino this time, the heat is on and the company’s fire control system may be put to the test. The company has so far been able to control the fires.