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Air pollution emergency status revoked as Riau air quality stabilizes

The air pollution emergency status in Riau was revoked following an improvement in air quality and no further detection ...

Air clearer following reduction in hotspots in Sumatra, Kalimantan

A drop in the number of hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan to 673 on Monday, 6 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time, ...

Jokowi's visit to forest fire-ravaged Central Kalimantan shelved

President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) initial plan to embark on a working visit to Central Kalimantan Province ...

Police name 14 companies as suspects in forest fires

Five companies have been named suspects in land and forest fires by the police in Lampung, thereby adding to the list ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Jambi's red sky explained as Mie scattering phenomenon

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the red sky appeared in Muaro Jambi, Jambi ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

Director named suspect in S Sumatra forest fire

The South Sumatra provincial police has named PT Bumi Hijau Lestari operations director Alvaro Khadaff as a suspect in ...

Paser District in East Kalimantan shrouded by thick smog

Thick smog coming from forest fires shrouded Tanah Grogot in Paser District, East Kalimantan Province, reducing ...

Smog from forest fires could kill indirectly: BNPB

Doni Monardo, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), has said smog coming from forest fires is ...

Ministry readies safe houses for haze-affected citizens

The Social Affairs Ministry has prepared safe houses or shelters, especially for children and elderly, whose cities or ...

At least 2,510 hotspots observed in ASEAN on Sept 4-7

No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presence of forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN ...

Wildfire annihilates West Aceh's 1.5-ha peatland

Wildfire scorched through 1.5 hectares (ha) of peatland area in Suak Raya Village, Johan Pahlawan Sub-district, ...

LAPAN records slight dip in hotspots in West Kalimantan

The LAPAN satellite image data indicated the presence of 935 hotspots suggestive of forest fires in West Kalimantan on ...

Satellite imagery suggests 949 hotspots in West Kalimantan

The LAPAN satellite image data showed 949 hotspots were spotted in West Kalimantan on Sept 3-4, 2019, a notable ...