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Riau Governor Arsyadjuliandi Rachman has declared an emergency alert status for forest fires for a 96-day period ending April 30, 2017."The emergency alert status ...

The Riau provincial administration held a meeting to discuss whether an emergency response status should be declared following the recent emergence of several ...

NASA s Aqua and Terra satellites detected 65 hotspots of forest fires across Sumatra Island with an accuracy rate at 50 percent, on Saturday morning.The number increased ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Aug 26 (Antarariau.com)- The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island, a sharp increase from nine on the previous day."Yesterday, there were only nine ...

The Bengkalis District Head, Amril Mukminin, has instructed every village chief and sub-district head in his region to stay alert around the clock and carry out ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- The Riau Police have named 85 suspects over wildfires during the January-August 2016 period.The cases are being handled by 11 resort police stations across Riau, ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Aug 22 (Antarariau.com)- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency has deployed an MI-8 helicopter in Riau Province to help douse forest, peatland, and plantation fires. "One MI-8 ...

Pekanbaru, Riau (Antarariau.com)- Haze originating from forest, peatland, and plantation fires engulfed Dumai City, Riau Province, on Thursday.Visibility decreased to five kilometers, from usually ...

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA have detected a total of 365 hotspots across Sumatra Island on Wednesday morning, a drastic increase from 92 recorded on the ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, April 4 (Antarariau.com)- The Terra and Aqua Satellites detected 18 hotspots in Riau Province at 5 a.m. local time, Monday, according to the Pekanbaru meteorology office.Of the 18 ...