#FOREST FIRES

The district head of Bengkalis, Amril Mukminin, has appealed to people in Mandau and Pinggir sub-districts to wear masks when leaving home due to the impact of ...

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 51 hot spots in Sumatra with fire potential reaching up to 50 percent.The head of data and ...

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 ...

Environmentalist organizations said fires have been detected again in lands owned by eight companies given SP3 (order to stop investigation) over cases of forest ...

A forest fire task force has sent four units of aircraft to drop water bombs to prevent fires from ravaging more areas in Riau.Two units ...

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 ...

Some 600 hectares of forest, peatland and plantation areas were gutted by fires over the past one week, Commander of the forest fire task unit of Riau Province, ...

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 ...