Sumatra firefighters on alert as burning heralds start of Riau dry season

Mongabay
Mar 6, 2024, 11:55 am111 pts
PEKANBARU, Indonesia — Emergency workers and community firefighters battled isolated fires in Sumatra’s Riau province in late February as the onset of the region’s first dry season of 2024 sparked wildfires in some peatland areas. “The water source is pretty far away and the surrounding area is very…

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