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Police grill eight people over land fire in West Aceh

Police have interrogated eight people in connection with land fires in West Aceh District in recent weeks. "We ...

Smog lowers visibility in Pekanbaru

Haze from forest and land fires blanketing Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, since Tuesday morning, has reduced ...

Land fires in East Kotawaringin partially intentional: district head

District Head of East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, Supian Hadi affirmed that land fires that had arisen in his ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

Central Kalimantan needs helitanker to support aerial firefighting

The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

TNI's 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu to tackle forest fire

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has readied 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan, as a precautionary ...

Seven villages in Kapuas Hulu prone to forest, land fires

Seven villages in the Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan, are prone to forest and land fires, according to the local ...

Military readies six command posts to prevent land, forest fires

The Indonesian military (TNI) has set up six command posts to prevent land and forest fires in Bulu Nipis Village, ...

Pekanbaru shrouded in haze from forest fire

Tampan and Senapelan Sub-districts in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday were shrouded in haze coming ...

Manggala Agni continues fire-fighting efforts in Kampar peatland

The forest fire brigade of the Environmental and Forestry Ministry (Manggala Agni) continued its efforts to extinguish ...

Environment ministry intensifies land and forest fire control

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and related stakeholders are working together to intensify patrols to ...

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Indonesia makes serious effort to tackle forest fires

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest fires in ...

Bengkalis BPBD workers, firefighters put out bush and forest fires

The Bengkalis Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) workers and firefighters successfully doused fires that spread across ...