Hundreds of firefighters and military troops have been deployed to the raging forest fires in Indonesia’s Sumatra to put them out, as air pollution levels in the region surge.
The firefighters are working round the clock across 338 fires detected in Sumatra’s Riau province and Kalimantan, between Friday and Sunday.
Indonesian police officers and firemen extinguish the fire at a forest in Rokan Hulu, Riau province, Indonesia, 28 August 2016.
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Aerial view of land fire in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province.
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