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Wildfires ravage 1,500 hectares of land in Bintan District: Authority

The Bintan Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that wildfires have ravaged some 1,500 hectares of land in the ...

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All-out efforts to extinguish wildfires on Sumatra, Kalimantan Islands

Indonesian Defense Forces Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, National Police Chief General Tito ...

148 hotspots detected in West Kalimantan

The Supadio meteorology, climatology, and geophysics office has reported a total of 148 hotspots detected in several ...

343 hectares of Mount Ciremai forest area gutted

A fire destroyed 343 hectares of forest area, home to the edelweiss flower, in Mount Ciremai Kuningan District, West ...

Pontianak residents exposed to thick smoke from wildfire

Several residents of Pontianak, the capital city of West Kalimantan Province, are left with no choice but to inhale the ...

BPBD confirms fires engulfed 10 hectares of West Kalimantan's peatland

Fires swept through five to 10 hectares of peatland in West Kalimantan Province during the dry spell this year, the ...

Acute respiratory infection cases in South Sumatra reach 274,502

Fires raging through land and forest areas in South Sumatra Province during the January-June 2019 period resulted in ...

Pontianak plans to change school hours owing to haze

Mayor of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Edi Rusdi Kamtono announced the local government's plan to temporarily change ...

Haze in Palangka Raya causes temporary closure of schools

The Palangka Raya Education Office in Central Kalimantan Province temporarily closed schools owing to haze arising from ...

Joint team combs Mount Sumbing to ensure fire completely doused

A joint team is conducting a thorough search of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo District, Central Java Province, to ensure ...

Satellites confirm presence of 192 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 192 hotspots indicating forest fires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning, a ...

West Kalimantan governor summons 94 companies over land, forest fires

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji, at a coordination meeting to discuss land and forest fire control, Monday, ...

Hotspots in Riau, parts of Kalimantan declined: BNPB

The number of hotspots in the provinces of Riau, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan have declined ...

Smog from forest fires shrouds Riau, West & Central Kalimantan

Smog emanating from forest fires hung over the provinces of Riau, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan though not ...

Haze in West Kalimantan elicits complaints from businesspersons

Smog arising from forest fires in West Kalimantan has threatened business activities and prospects in the province, ...