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Fires in Indonesia blanket Southeast Asian region with haze

NPR | By Naina Rao
Published October 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM EDT

Human-caused fires, exacerbated by El Nino, have burned forests across Indonesia for months. Smoke from those fires has also reached cities like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur causing major air pollution.

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Naina Rao

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