Young firefighter killed battling inferno in Borneo orangutan habitat

Mongabay
Oct 23, 2023, 11:44 pm193 pts
PANGKALANBUN, Indonesia — An employee of a palm oil company sanctioned by Indonesia’s Supreme Court in July over wildfires was killed in late September while fighting a major fire in Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park, according to the man’s family and a hospital official. Said Jaka Pahlawan, who was…

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