#wildfires

Collection of wildfires news, found 217 news.

Joint forest fire-fighting team deployed on Mount Sumbing

A joint team of military and police personnel, volunteers, and local rescue officers attempted to extinguish a wildfire ...

Flooding swamps some 500 homes in Mandailing Natal, North Sumatra

Eight villages in Siabu Sub-district, Mandailing Natal District, North Sumatra Province, are under deluge, with at ...

Strong wind impedes firefighting efforts on Mt Arjuno, Mt Welirang

Strong wind played spoilsport in the aerial firefighting efforts to put out wildfires on the slopes of Mount Arjuno and ...

Jokowi should assert his commitment to preserving forests: NGO

The Civil Society Forest Coalition urged President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to avow his pledge to preserving ...

PAUDs, kindergartens shut temporarily as haze shrouds Jambi

Haze, emanating from forest fires and blanketing Jambi, has thickened, forcing the temporary closure of early childhood ...

Human-elephant conflicts spike in Riau following forest fires

Forest fires blazing in the Tesso Nilo National Park fueled more frequent conflicts between human beings and Sumatran ...

Blaze tears through forest on Mount Andong in Magelang

A blaze spread across a forest area on Mount Andong in Temu, Jogoyasan Village, Ngablak Sub-district, Magelang, Central ...

Wildlife flee East Kotawaringin forest fires

Forest fires in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan Province, have compelled wildlife to flee to safer areas ...

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Forest fires destroy parts of Sumatran elephant habitats

Wildfires ravaging forest areas in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South ...

Wild elephants destroy four houses in Aceh

A human-animal conflict continues in the areas of Bener Meriah District, Aceh Province with a herd of wild Sumatran ...

Balai Raja conservation area's Sumatran elephant population dwindles

The population of Sumatran elephants at the Balai Raja Wildlife Conservation area dropped further to only seven after a ...

Siak police point to economic benefits impelling arsonists

The arsonists, arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in wildfires in Siak District, Riau Province, came ...

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, ...

Over 500,000 W Kalimantan residents suffer respiratory illnesses

A total of 504,000 inhabitants of West Kalimantan, particularly children, suffered from respiratory illness due to the ...

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 ...