Police and a firefighter from a local forestry company try to extinguish a forest fire in the village in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia Aug 28, 2016. A resident drives a motorcycle through haze caused by peatland fires at Suak Raya village in Aceh Barat, Indonesia Aceh province, on Monday. Indonesia is regularly hit by forest fires, which can result in choking smoke blowing across to neighbouring countries like Singapore and Malaysia. Indonesia suffered some its worst forest fires in 2015, hitting mainly the island of Sumatra and in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo island. By November last year, the government has put more than 66 million hectares under the coverage of the moratorium.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2017 07:52 UTC