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View all search resultsSchools close, flights delayed as wildfire haze blankets Kalimantan
Official data and independent analysis show that fire activity this year has surpassed levels recorded during the same period in 2019, when Indonesia experienced one of its most devastating fire seasons in recent history.
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Thick smoke rises from a forest and land fire Aug. 4 in Tumbang Nusa village, Pulang Pisau regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Central Kalimantan provincial government has declared a forest and land fire emergency through Oct. 31. As of Aug. 3, fires had burned 1,715.14 hectares across 907 incidents in the province. (Antara/Auliya Rahman)
Schools close, flights delayed as wildfire haze blankets Kalimantan
Sub: Haze drives increase in upper respiratory infections
The Jakarta Post/Jakarta
Worsening wildfires in Kalimantan have blanketed parts of the region in haze, forcing schools to switch to remote learning, increasing respiratory infections and disrupting flights.
In West Kalimantan, Pontianak Mayor Edi Rusdi Kamtono ordered schools across the city to switch to remote learning as smoke from fires elsewhere blanketed the area.
Tens of thousands of students attend schools in Pontianak, according to public records.
“Children will learn from home for as long as air quality remains poor,” Edi said in a statement on Monday, as quoted by state news agency Antara.
