{"id":2111875,"date":"2026-08-26T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2111875"},"modified":"2026-08-26T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:54:25","slug":"haze-from-el-nino-fuelled-wildfires-threatens-health-of-millions-in-indonesia-ministry-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2111875","title":{"rendered":"Haze from El Ni\u00f1o-fuelled wildfires threatens health of millions in Indonesia, ministry warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/91\/08\/1200x675_cmsv2_f11e8fbc-da88-5d10-ad04-70eb47de784c-9889108.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920617-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920617\" data-cid=\"9889022\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920617-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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47 dead\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Indonesia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Haze from El Ni\u00f1o-fuelled wildfires threatens health of millions in Indonesia, ministry warns<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img 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class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787730865\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-08-26 09:54:25 +02:00\">26\/08\/2026 &#8211; 9:54 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay 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loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the government said last week.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Millions of Indonesians risk health complications from exposure to thick haze covering several cities and towns, officials said on Wednesday, as El Ni\u00f1o-fuelled wildfires wreak havoc on Borneo and Sumatra islands.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indonesia, a vast archipelago, has battled wildfires for weeks that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The health ministry said 3.4 million people living in seven provinces on Borneo and Sumatra were at risk of respiratory infections due to exposure.<\/p>\n<p>In Pekanbaru, the capital of Sumatra&#8217;s Riau province, thick smog forced the government to shutter dozens of schools as it urged residents to stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The smog gets thicker at night, making Pekanbaru almost like a dead city. A lot of people don&#8217;t dare go out. And if they do, they wear masks,&#8221; Abdullah, a 38-year-old entrepreneur, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My eyes sting so badly. When I go outside, it really feels like breathing in the smoke from freshly burned trash,&#8221; added the Pekanbaru resident who, like many Indonesians, has one name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/91\/08\/808x539_cmsv2_90ea7feb-2871-507b-85f6-d9ffcc0f76f7-9889108.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands among houses as haze from wildfires blankets the city of Palembang, 25 August, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man stands among houses as haze from wildfires blankets the city of Palembang, 25 August, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Jambi, also on Sumatra, 31-year-old homemaker Farida said the haze had already affected her family&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My four-year-old child and I have begun coughing so much, especially when we stay outdoors too long,&#8221; she told AFP. &#8220;I have trouble breathing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Jambi local government has ordered home schooling for children in kindergarten and elementary school for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The health ministry said it had distributed more than 260,000 face masks to residents of the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, President Prabowo Subianto said the government had deployed dozens of helicopters, aircraft, water pumps and thousands of personnel to battle the blazes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">El Ni\u00f1o could be &#8216;strongest in living memory&#8217;. When will Europe feel its wrath?<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">World&#8217;s oceans hit hottest temperature ever recorded in August as El Ni\u00f1o takes hold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Now I think it has begun to be brought under control, mitigated. In several places, I believe, and I hope that within the next one to two weeks everything can be resolved,&#8221; Prabowo said.<\/p>\n<p>Most wildfires are blamed on slash-and-burn practices to clear land for farming.<\/p>\n<p>Police said over the weekend they had arrested 72 people on suspicion of starting fires.<\/p>\n<p>Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the government said last week.<\/p>\n<p>That is already larger than during previous El Ni\u00f1o seasons in 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/76\/43\/808x539_cmsv2_12ed227f-2609-5836-bc54-6acb247940ed-9887643.jpg\" alt=\"A helicopter conducts a water bombing to extinguish wildfire burning through a peatland field in Danau Lamo, 24 August, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A helicopter conducts a water bombing to extinguish wildfire burning through a peatland field in Danau Lamo, 24 August, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The El Ni\u00f1o weather pattern triggers worldwide changes in winds, atmospheric pressure and rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia said it stood ready to help put out fires.<\/p>\n<p>Poor air quality in Malaysia&#8217;s Sarawak state, on Borneo island which it shares with Indonesia and Brunei, led to nearly 600 schools being closed last week.<\/p>\n<p>At one point on 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A lot of people don&#8217;t dare go out. And if they do, they wear masks,&#8221; Abdullah, a 38-year-old entrepreneur, told the AFP news agency.&#8221;My eyes sting so badly. When I go outside, it really feels like breathing in the smoke from freshly burned trash,&#8221; added the Pekanbaru resident who, like many Indonesians, has one name.In Jambi, also on Sumatra, 31-year-old homemaker Farida said the haze had already affected her family&#8217;s health.&#8221;My four-year-old child and I have begun coughing so much, especially when we stay outdoors too long,&#8221; she told AFP. &#8220;I have trouble breathing.&#8221;The Jambi local government has ordered home schooling for children in kindergarten and elementary school for the remainder of the week.The health ministry said it had distributed more than 260,000 face masks to residents of the hardest-hit areas.On Tuesday, President Prabowo Subianto said the government had deployed dozens of helicopters, aircraft, water pumps and thousands of personnel to battle the blazes.&#8221;Now I think it has begun to be brought under control, mitigated. 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