Indonesia declines Singapore’s offer of C-130, CH-47 to help fight forest fires

Indonesia has declined Singapore’s offer of a C-130 for cloud seeding in fighting forest fires on the island of Sumatra.

By Ken Hodge from Darwin, Australia [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Singapore also offered to send a CH-47 equipped with a water bucket for aerial firefighting. And up to two C-130s to ferry a fire-fighting assistance team from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to provide assessment and planning assistance to Indonesia.

Source: Indonesia declines Singapore’s offer of C-130, CH-47 to help fight forest fires