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Three choppers deployed to tackle hotspots in Riau

The Riau Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has deployed three helicopters to conduct water bombing ...

Paramedics on standby for evacuated infants in haze-hit Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru administration has mobilized some paramedics who are on standby for 24 hours to help infants currently ...

Pekanbaru mayor orders evacuation of infants due to haze

Mayor of Pekanbaru Firdaus has issued an order to evacuate infants under six months of age in 12 sub-districts badly ...

Companies in Riau alleged to have set land fires

Seventeen companies in Sumatras province of Riau are believed to have set land fires in eight districts in the ...

Thousands travelers stranded at Pekanbaru on thick smokes

Indonesia still looks helpless in dealing with thick smokes causing inconvenience including disrupting flight ...

President cancels visits to Riau, Jambi due to thick haze

President Joko Widodo cancelled his visits to Sumatras provinces of Riau and Jambi on Friday morning due to thick ...

Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Long-term solution necessary to overcome haze problem: Singapore`s Ambassador

A long-term solution is required to overcome the problem of haze arising from forest fires in Indonesia, Singapores ...

Indonesian military deploys over one thousand soldiers to extinguish fires

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has deployed 1,250 soldiers to extinguish forest fires in Riau Province after President ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Forest fires - President instructs thousand military personnel to Riau

President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo has instructed (concerned parties) to send 1,000 military personnel to Riau Province in ...

Over 25.5 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

The Riau health office has recorded that 25,524 people have fallen ill due to the haze as the air quality has reached ...

Sumatra`s haze shrouds Kuala Lumpur

The haze arising from Sumatras forest and plantation fires has blanketed Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a local weather ...

19 flights cancelled at Batam airport due to haze

A total of 10 flights going to the Hang Nadim International Airport and nine others departing from the airport were ...

More Indonesia airports affected by haze from land fires

More airports are being affected by the haze in Indonesia as flights continue to be disrupted. The head of the ...