A newborn dies amid Indonesia fire crisis, as parents fear for their kids’ health

Mongabay
Sep 27, 2019, 1:37 pm231 pts
PEKANBARU, Indonesia — September 16 was a happy day for Evan Zendrato and Lasma Yani Zega. The young couple gave birth to a boy weighing 2.8 kilograms (6.1 pounds). They spent the night at a midwife’s house in Pekanbaru, the capital of Indonesia’s Riau province. Two days later, they began to worry. Their…

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