Forest fires in Indonesia and Malaysia have caused widespread smoke haze, threatening the health of residents in both countries as well as neighboring Kuala Lumpur. Over 9,000 firefighters are working to extinguish the flames that were started over a month ago across Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring areas for land clearing. The resulting haze has caused respiratory issues, school closures, and irritation of residents in Kuala Lumpur. While Indonesia and Malaysia dispute the origins and transparency of the fires, they both remain concerned about the harmful transboundary effects of the ongoing wildfires and haze.
Forest fires in Indonesia and Malaysia have caused widespread smoke haze, threatening the health of residents in both countries as well as neighboring Kuala Lumpur. Over 9,000 firefighters are working to extinguish the flames that were started over a month ago across Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring areas for land clearing. The resulting haze has caused respiratory issues, school closures, and irritation of residents in Kuala Lumpur. While Indonesia and Malaysia dispute the origins and transparency of the fires, they both remain concerned about the harmful transboundary effects of the ongoing wildfires and haze.
Forest fires in Indonesia and Malaysia have caused widespread smoke haze, threatening the health of residents in both countries as well as neighboring Kuala Lumpur. Over 9,000 firefighters are working to extinguish the flames that were started over a month ago across Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring areas for land clearing. The resulting haze has caused respiratory issues, school closures, and irritation of residents in Kuala Lumpur. While Indonesia and Malaysia dispute the origins and transparency of the fires, they both remain concerned about the harmful transboundary effects of the ongoing wildfires and haze.
Forest wildfires in Indonesia and Malaysia threaten Kuala Lumpur citizens
Forest fires is a phenomenon that is often encountered.
The problem of the forest fires causes smoke haze which is harmful to breating. The fire destroyed forest in Indonesia and Malaysia, and it sparked a dispute between 2 countries. Thousands of firefighters are trying to douse the flame that have pushed air quality in region to unhealty. Students are disturbed by the haze, for this reason several thousand of schools are closed. Here into real province where the air pollution index has hit the hazardous level. Residents have been flocking to hospital citing respiratory problems. Their suffering is connected to forest fires raging for over a month. Indonesia has deployed 9000 personnel to combat the flames which were seen across the Sumatra and Borneo island and also in neghboring Malaysia. Indonesia authorities say satellites have detected 3600 fires in the region. Such place are often set deliberately to clear land for planting and shared borders means shared air in Malaysia the drifting smoke has enveloped Kuala Lumpur’s skyline irritating the capitals residents. Malaysia says it remains concerned about the persistent trasboundary haze and has offered Indonesia. Help to extinguish two places but Indonesia say it is not alone and accuses Malaysia of not being transparent about it is fires but whoever’s to blame of noxious air.