Indonesia's Worst Wildfire Season in Decade Chokes Region — SkimNews
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- Indonesia is fighting its worst wildfire season in a decade, with a toxic haze choking millions of residents across the region.
- BBC reporter Liza Tambunan is on the ground in central Kalimantan, where air pollution levels have plunged to hazardous levels.
- The haze has been linked to hundreds of thousands of respiratory illnesses in Indonesia.
- The haze has drifted across borders to neighbouring countries, including Singapore and Malaysia.
Why it matters: With Indonesia's worst-in-a-decade wildfires pushing air quality to hazardous levels and haze crossing into Singapore and Malaysia, millions across Southeast Asia face a cross-border public health emergency linked to hundreds of thousands of respiratory illnesses.
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