PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The cloud-seeding operation in Sri Aman, Sarawak, on Friday (Sept 20) successfully reduced the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings from a hazardous level of over 400 to unhealthy air quality at 125 as of 10am Saturday (Sept 21).
Firemen are still fighting forest fires at Kampung STC in Sri Aman, Sarawak on Sept 21, 2019. About 24 to 32 hectares are still smouldering on the fifth day of the operation.
The Department of Environment in a statement here said firefighting teams are in the midst of battling the forest fires in Kampung STC Sri Aman Village, Jalan Tisak Betong and Jalan Ketajau which have affected air quality in Sri Aman. According to an Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre report on Friday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite images detected 676 hotspots in Sumatra, 332 in Kalimantan, and 20 in Malaysia, namely with nine in the peninsula, Sarawak and Sabah .
Hotspots were found in the southern, eastern, western and central parts of Kalimantan, which continue to worsen the haze in Sarawak, it said.
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