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3,900 firefighters battle China forest fire

About 3,900 firefighters are scrambling to put out a forest fire in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province, local ...

44 hotspots detected in Sumatra

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18 operated in Singapore detected on Saturday 44 ...

Satellite detects 44 hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites have detected 40 hotspots located in Sumatra Island, which were mostly found in Riau ...

El Nino potentially occurs in Indonesia: Agency

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the El Nino phenomenon is potentially occurring ...

Number of hotspots in Riau increases

The number of forest fire hotspots in Riau Province increased to 45 on Monday, from 10 the previous day, according to ...

Task force extinguish fire in Riau

The haze disaster mitigation task force has claimed that they have successfully extinguished 173 hot spots that burned ...

Jambi police question expert witness in protected forest fire

The Jambi provincial police has questioned an expert witness to complete the dossiers of three people suspected of ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

President calls for heavier punishment for arsonists

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for heavier punishment for those who deliberately lit fires in forest, ...

183 Riau residents evacuate due to haze

A total of 183 people have fled their homes in Siak district, Riau province, due to thick smoke from forest and ...

Haze disrupts oil palm production in Riau

Haze from the ongoing forest fires in the Riau province had disrupted the harvest of oil palm fruits, a local farmer ...

Russian Kamov helicopter deployed to help fight Riau forest fires

A Russian-made Kamov helicopter is to be deployed to join in the efforts to combat fires now raging in forests, ...

Forest fire suspects must be immediately handled: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for an immediate judicial process against Riau forest fire suspects that ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

BKMG discovers five hotspots in Batam

Hang Nadim Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has discovered five hotspots from forest fire across ...