418 open burning cases detected amid dry spell, more expected

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Cases of open burning are on the rise once again amid the current dry spell caused by the Southwest Monsoon season, said the Department of Environment (DOE).The department said it has detected 418 such cases so far this month, up to July 22.“This number is expected to rise if the hot and dry weather persists into mid-September 2021,” its director-general Norlin Jaafar said in a statement last night.These cases had been detected by its patrols and through public complaints.Meanwhile, 16 hotspots have been detected by the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre’s (ASMC) satellite monitoring – nine in Sabah, three in Pahang, two in Selangor, one in Perak, and one in Johor.Over in Indonesia, the ASMC detected 37 hotspots in Sumatra and six in Kalimantan. DOE director-general Norlin Jaafar In response, the DOE said it has issued 358 compounds, 72 warning notices, and opened nine inve…