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Six children among 11 people killed in Indonesian market fire
A massive fire at a market in the Indonesia village of Babuda has claimed the lives of eleven people.
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Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Published On 29 Aug 2026
Indonesians march on parliament to demand crackdown on corruption
Thousands of Indonesians demand harsher penalties for corruption during protests outside parliament in Jakarta.
‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis
Fires severely impacting people’s health in West Kalimantan, with pregnant women and children particularly vulnerable.
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Al Jazeera reporter witnesses wildfire smoke toll on kids inside Indonesia
Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from an Indonesian clinic treating children struggling to breathe amid wildfires
Published On 27 Aug 2026
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Wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo island turn the air toxic
Locals on Indonesia’s Borneo Island are struggling to breathe as the smoke from wildfires is turning the air toxic.
Published On 27 Aug 2026
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‘We can’t breathe’: Indonesians battle wildfire haze
Wildfires are raging across Indonesia, affecting at least 10 provinces and blanketing communities in hazardous haze.
Published On 25 Aug 2026
A firefighter attempts to extinguish a wildfire burning through a peatland field in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia [Andri Rizky Agustian/AP Photo]
Indonesian Muslims attend a prayer for rain following wildfires that burn through peatland in several regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan Island, in Palembang, South Sumatra. [Muhammad Fajri/AP Photo]
A helicopter conducts a water bombing to extinguish a wildfire burning through a peatland field in Danau Lamo, Jambi province, Indonesia. [BPBD Jambi via AP Photo]
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a wildfire burning through a peatland field in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. [Muhammad Hatta/AP Photo]
A woman prays during a prayer for rain following wildfires that burn through peatland in several regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan Island, in Palembang, South Sumatra. [Muhammad Fajri/AP Photo]
People walk along the Ampera Bridge as haze from wildfires blankets the city of Palembang, in South Sumatra, Indonesia. [Muhammad Fajri/AP Photo]
A volunteer sprays water in an attempt to extinguish a wildfire burning through a peatland field in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. [Muhammad Hatta/AP Photo]
A man stands among houses as haze from wildfires blankets the city of Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. [Muhammad Hatta/AP Photo]
Firetrucks parked near a wildfire burning through a peatland field in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. [Andri Rizky Agustian/AP Photo]
Indonesian Muslims perform a prayer for rain as wildfires burn through peatland in several regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan Island, in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. [Muhammad Fajri/AP Photo]
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Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires
Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, says the government.
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