Cheap to burn, costly to bear: What fuels Indonesia’s persistent cycle of fires and haze?
- OGAN ILIR, South Sumatra: Salahuddin had been keeping watch on a nearby wildfire through the night when the flames crept dangerously close to a gas pipeline.
- He woke his wife with one clear instruction: “Evacuate.
- ”The fire would ultimately consume much of his 4ha farm plot in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, reducing oil palm and mango trees to ashes and coming within a few hundred metres of his home.
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- OGAN ILIR, South Sumatra: Salahuddin had been keeping watch on a nearby wildfire through the night when the flames crept dangerously close to a gas pipeline.
- He woke his wife with one clear instruction: “Evacuate.
- ”The fire would ultimately consume much of his 4ha farm plot in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, reducing oil palm and mango trees to ashes and coming within a few hundred metres of his home.
Sources: CNA