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Riau haze forces hundreds of people to evacuate

Haze from forest fire in Riau province has forced around 276 households in Rokan Hilir district to evacuate, Riau ...

Number of Sumatra's fire hot spots increases to 227

The number of hot spots from forest and plantation fires across Sumatra increased from 118 to 227 on Sunday. Of ...

Visibility at Hang Nadim Airport up to 2,000 meters

Visibility at Hang Nadim Airport on the industrialized island of Batam went up to 2,000 meters on Sunday afternoon ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

Number of Sumatra`s fire hot spots drops significantly

The NOAA satellite detected 21 hot spots from forest, plantation and peatland fires across Sumatra, including 13 in ...

Forestry Minister in Riau to inspect forest fire control

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

Foreign firms allegedly involved in Riau forest fires

Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya has alleged that a number of foreign firms are involved in the current forest ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

BNPB sets aside Rp25 billion to battle forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said on Wednesday, 148 hotspots have detected in ...

Riau trying to block peatland fires

Four teams of the Riau forest fire and rescue brigade called "Manggala Agni" have been trying to block peatland ...

Riau extremely susceptible to drug trafficking

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Wednesday stated that Riau was extremely susceptible to international drug ...

Dumai airport cancels two flights due to haze

Dumai city`s airport in Riau province cancels two flights here on Wednesday due to thick haze from the forest fire ...

Haze from forest fire affects respiratory health

Haze from forest fire in Sumatra has increased the number of respiratory problem cases in Dumai, Riau Province, over ...

Two more sumatran elephants found dead in Riau

Two Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) were found dead, allegedly poisoned, in Tesso Nilo National Park, ...