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Southeast Asia haze returns as peatland fires fan global warming fears

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In this photo taken on October 10, 2023, a man looks at a forest fire as it approaches houses in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Al Zulkifli | Afp | Getty Images With El Nino in full force, officials are bracing for the worst transboundary haze in southern Southeast Asia since before the pandemic in 2019. … Read more

Firefighters try to place out a peatland fireplace threatening properties on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

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Firefighters try to place out a peatland fireplace on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that was rising in measurement close to a dense residential space ByMUHAMMAD HATTA Related Press August 18, 2023, 12:24 AM Firefighters try to extinguish fireplace that razes by way of a peatland discipline in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia, late Thursday, Aug. 17, … Read more