Indonesia Mobilizes to Combat Health-Damaging Forest Fires
Four Indonesian provinces have declared emergencies in anticipation of worsening forest fires that each year spread health-damaging haze across the region.
Smoke rises up from a peat-land fire in Pekanbaru, Riau province, on Feb. 1.
Photographer: Wahyudi/AFP via Getty Images
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Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) -- Four Indonesian provinces have declared emergencies in anticipation of worsening forest fires that each year spread health-damaging haze across much of Southeast Asia.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Wednesday that emergency alerts in Riau and South Sumatra provinces on the island of Sumatra and West and Central Kalimantan on Borneo will make it easier to mobilize fire-fighting operations and support from the central government.