'Very dangerous': Timor-Leste shuts schools over Indonesia haze
- DILI, Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste began a three-day school closure on Thursday (Oct 15) prompted by thick haze that has drifted over from raging forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.
- In the capital Dili, people were out as normal under a yellow-tinged sky, but most were wearing masks, as the government advised a day earlier in announcing the school closures.
- Residents welcomed the decision, although they said the pollution had been even worse earlier in the week.
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- DILI, Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste began a three-day school closure on Thursday (Oct 15) prompted by thick haze that has drifted over from raging forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.
- In the capital Dili, people were out as normal under a yellow-tinged sky, but most were wearing masks, as the government advised a day earlier in announcing the school closures.
- Residents welcomed the decision, although they said the pollution had been even worse earlier in the week.
Sources: CNA