Forest Fires Draw Closer to Indonesia’s New Capital
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Forest fires have spread near Indonesia’s new capital, which remains under construction.
- Project officials urged disaster-mitigation agencies to conduct cloud seeding and water-bombing operations.
- Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain haze from forest and land fires across six badly affected regions in Borneo and Sumatra.
Forest fires have begun spreading near Indonesia’s new capital, which is still under construction. The situation prompted project officials to call for cloud seeding and water-bombing operations.
Indonesia has also stepped up efforts to contain haze across six of the worst-affected regions. The fires involve forests and land on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
The report says the affected area has so far covered part of the region, but the supplied article is truncated before giving the full extent.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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