Indonesia
fights to put out
hundreds of
forest fires, as
schools shut due to smog
Hundreds of firefighters and military troops have been deployed to the raging
forest fires in Indonesia's Sumatra to put them out, as air pollution levels in the region surge.
The firefighters are working round the clock across
338 fires detected in Sumatra's Riau province and Kalimantan, between Friday and Sunday.*
Indonesian police ******rs and firemen extinguish the fire at a
forest in Rokan Hulu, Riau province, Indonesia, 28 August 2016.
Image: RONY MUHARRMAN/EPA
Aerial view of land fire in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province.
Image: henrik/EPA
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