Pangandaran News, (harapanrakyat.com),- Pandan tree located in the tourist attraction (obwis) Batu Hiu, Regency Pangandaran, West Java, fell on Tuesday (11/23/2021).
One of the local residents, Burhan said, the fallen tree occurred at around 12:05 WIB.
According to him, the wind was quite strong at the time of the incident. In addition, the possibility of the pandanus tree is rotten.
“The wind was quite strong at the time of the incident and the trees seemed to have rotted a bit. So I can’t stand the wind,” he told HR Online, Tuesday (11/23/2021).
Luckily, when the incident did not result in casualties. The reason is, when the pandan tree fell, the condition of the Pangandaran Shark Stone tourist attraction was not too crowded.
The fallen tree just fell on the chair where the Batu Hiu Obwis visitors rested.
“Luckily the seat was empty, because it was empty of visitors,” he explained.
HR Online monitoring, without having to wait for officers, local residents and visitors immediately evacuated the tree.
“Incidentally there are student children who are carrying out activities at the location. So they helped evacuate and clean up the former tree,” he explained.
Furthermore, Burhan added, if you look at the age of the trees, many of them are old and of great height.
So, he appealed to visitors to be careful, if the wind conditions are strong.
“Just be more careful if there are strong winds. Because the pandanus tree is old,” he concluded. (Enceng/R5/HR-Online/Editor-Adi)
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