Thousands Flee California Wildfire as Homes Go up in Flames

... devoured 40,000 acres of forest, brush and grasslands at what ... large blazes or clusters of fires in California and six other ...

Indonesia Sending Hundreds of Troops to Fight Smog-Causing Fires

... 1,000 troops to fight fires in southern Sumatra, as smoke ... Borneo, where large areas of forest concessions are held by pulp ... helicopters to help water-bomb fires. "We have mobilized national ... resources to put out the fires," newly appointed BNPB chief Willem ...

Indonesian Military Joins Effort to Fight Sumatra Fires

... and National Police combat forest and ground fires in Sumatra. Three groups ... been sent to fight the fires. BeritaSatu was at Halim Perdanakusuma ...

BNPN Aims to Put Out All Pekanbaru Fires in 2 Weeks

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency says it's aiming to extinguish all forest and ground fires in Pekanbaru within two weeks.

Singapore Offers Military Assistance to Help Indonesia With Haze Crisis

... deployed to put out the fires," the ministry said. On Thursday ... 137, respectively, as haze from forest fires raging in Sumatra and Kalimantan ... islands to put out the fires, estimating that they will be ...

Sumatra, Kalimantan Haze Hits Singapore, Malaysia

Jakarta. Haze from forest fires raging in Sumatra and Kalimantan ... scale, citing an “escalation” of fires in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion ... strong winds were stoking the fires, particularly in Sumatra’s Riau ...

Indonesia Investigates 10 Firms Over Smog-Causing Forest Fires

... investigating 10 firms over worsening forest fires that have created a blanket ... Sumatra and Kalimantan, where large forest concessions are used by pulp ... companies blame smallholders for the fires, but they have been criticised ...

BNPB Calls for TNI and Police Aid to Fight Forest Fires

... the current management of forest fires included water bombing from ... if we want to handle forest fires," he said in a ... personnel assigned to help combat fires, conduct patrols, law enforcement ... areas are still dealing with forest fires burning out of control, ...

Plantation Companies to Blame for 70% of Forest Fires, Yudhoyono Says

... main culprits in setting the forest fires generating clouds of choking ... 70 percent of the forest fires burning across the archipelago ... deploying soldiers to fight the fires, but environmental activists argue ... height of the worst forest fires in more than a ...

Erik Meijaard: Get Your Facts Right on Indonesia's Haze Problem

... after several decades of forest and peatland fires and associated haze ... on the causes of Indonesian forest fires showed that, even 15 ... the president wants “no more forest fires next year,” his government ... that prevail after a forest has been turned into ...