Indonesia wildfires August 2026
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Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak as haze from Indonesia worsens
647 schools in Serian will close from Monday until at least the end of next week under the emergency order.
Malaysia declared a state of emergency in the Serian Division of Sarawak state due to haze reaching hazardous air pollution levels.
Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee chairman Douglas Uggah Embas said the emergency applied only to Serian, not the entire state.
Orangutan mother and infant rescued from wildfire-hit forest in Indonesia
A mother orangutan and her infant were rescued from a forest threatened by wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Nine orangutans have been evacuated in Ketapang district in less than a month.
Indonesia wildfires crisis
Siti Zahra, a mother of two, said her children had been sick three times in one month because of the smoke, ash, drought, and fires.
Dr. Muhammad Arief Trihapsoro at the Sungai Durian Health Clinic said between 50 and 70 people come in daily with coughing and sore throats.
The Health Ministry distributed more than 260,000 face masks to residents of the hardest-hit areas.