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By Arief Rahman Septian Prathama PALANGKA RAYA, Indonesia, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A bus fitted out with oxygen tanks is providing a sanctuary in a city on Indonesia's Borneo island where people are ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Breathing ‘poison’: In Borneo, residents are gasping for air
Palangkaraya, Indonesia—Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesia deploys oxygen busses in Palangkaraya amid toxic smog
Indonesia has deployed oxygen buses in Palangkaraya, Borneo, as residents struggle to breathe due to toxic wildfire haze affecting thousands with respiratory issues.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Thousands of Indonesian students protest over haze and demand emergency declared
Protesters wore thick masks against the smoke, which has tinged the city orange, and some held signs reading ‘haze emergency’ ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Hazardous haze engulfs Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Air particle levels in Palangka Raya have reached the hazardous category. WALHI Central Kalimantan said the response to forest and land fires needs to shift from focusing solely on firefighting to ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: First rains bring relief to haze-hit Sumatra and Kalimantan as rainy season nears
Scattered showers offer hope for haze-hit areas as Indonesia’s rainy season nears. Read more at straitstimes.com.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: ‘Our world is yellow’: Fears for children as sickening smog blankets Indonesia
For two months now, Natanael Undas has opened his curtains not to blue skies, but a sickening sepia haze that blocks out any sunlight. As the relentless fires smoulder nearby, his city looks “more ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Students protest Central Kalimantan haze
The students, many wearing surgical masks, gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility and waved banners urging authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indigenous Kalimantan people sue Indonesian govt over wildfire negligence
JAKARTA: Indigenous and civil society groups in West Kalimantan have sued the central government and local administrations, accusing them of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly ...
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » People: Indonesia: First rains bring relief to haze-hit Sumatra and Kalimantan
JAKARTA – When heavy rain finally swept across parts of Palembang on the afternoon of Oct 24, many residents of the South Sumatran capital did not run for cover. They reached for their phones. Within ...