An Indonesian city with a population of hundreds of thousands has shut schools for three days because of haze caused by large peatland fires, its mayor said Tuesday.
A prolonged dry season has caused higher risks of wildfires on the archipelago nation's major islands, stoking fears of repeat haze-belching forest fires that have also affected neighboring Malaysia and Singapore in recent years.
Authorities said the haze was caused by fires elsewhere, without specifying. Peatland fires have been raging in neighboring Palembang province for more than a month.that can penetrate deep into the lungs—at"unhealthy" levels 11.4 times the annual air quality value set by the World Health Organization .
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