'Keep up the spirit': Indonesian teenage 'Superman' joins wildfire fight
The 17-year-old volunteer has helped battle fires since 2023 as Indonesia says blazes burned more than 200,000 hectares this year.
- Dressed as Superman, 17-year-old Rudiyansah has been helping douse wildfires in Central Kalimantan, Borneo, earning him the title of "forest hero" after video of him fighting fires near Palangkaraya went viral.
- This year's fire season, exacerbated by Nino and severe drought, is the worst Mulyadi's volunteer group has seen since 2020, with current blazes already larger than those in 2019 and 2023.
- Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, an area three times the size of Jakarta, while resulting smog has reached Malaysia.
- Drought has caused local wells to dry up, creating significant water shortages for firefighters, as Mulyadi noted his son remains a "normal kid" at home while actively helping douse fires.
- Rudiyansah encouraged other volunteers to "keep up the spirit in the fight against the flames," as the government ordered more troop and aircraft deployments to contain the spreading blazes.
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Rudiyansah and his father are active in extinguishing the smoking peatlands left by pest fires in Kalimantan province, on the island of Borneo.
He is no superhero, but for many Indonesians, he comes pretty close. 17-year-old Rudiyansah volunteers to help fight the devastating forest fires...
Dressed as Superman joins the fire department to put out the fires that are devastating his country: a 17-year-old boy has become a celebrity in Indonesia. The story is told by Afp. The video of the teenager with the superhero costume that sprays water with a hose has got millions [...] L'articolo At 17 years old he disguises himself as Superman and helps to put out the fires: the story of the Hero of the forest ... Video comes from Il Fatto Quo…
Seventeen-year-old Rudiyansah has achieved hero status in Indonesia. The teenager is helping to fight the forest fires in his country, wearing a costume of his own hero, Superman.
He is no superhero, but for many Indonesians, he comes pretty close. 17-year-old Rudiyansah is volunteering to help extinguish the devastating forest fires in a Superman suit. Footage of the teenager, with blackened forests in the background, went viral and has already been viewed millions of times.
A Superman suit and some good will, that is all 17-year-old Rudiyansyah needed to achieve hero status in Indonesia. The teenager has been helping to fight forest fires in his country for several years. But since he started dressing up as Superman while doing so, he has been in the spotlight.
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