#ON SUMATRA ISLAND

Pekanbaru, Riau, Oct 4 (Antarariau.com)- Riau province in Sumatra was covered by the thickest haze in the past few weeks on Sunday although only six fires are found there.According to the local ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, Sept 28 (Antarariau.com)- The education office of Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, has again shut down elementary, junior, and senior high schools on September 28-29 due to the thick ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Some 1,465 hotspots were detected across Sumatra Island on Friday morning, an increase from 1,025 hotspots on the previous day."Based on the monitoring ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation fires flaring up in the province.The data was ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- Hundreds of students of Riau University here, Monday, staged a rally to express their five-point demands to the government regarding haze disasters.First, the ...

Haze has engulfed almost all regions on Sumatra Island and is mostly likely to affect Malaysia and Singapore, according to a meteorology analyst."This ...

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 214 hotspots in eight provinces across Sumatra Island on Tuesday, at 5 a.m. local time."Jambi and South Sumatra ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com) -- Wildfires raging in Riau and its neighboring provinces on Sumatra Island have affected flights at Pekanbaru Airport, having caused a drastic drop in ...

Pekanbaru, Riau, (Antarariau.com)- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts to put out wildfires in Riau ...

Some 25 forest and plantation fire hotspots were detected across Sumatra Island on Friday. Of the total number, 18 hotspots were ...