ASEANEWS HEADLINE-ENVIRONMENT FOREST FIRE | JAKARTA: Indonesia ramps up efforts to fight forest fires
Firefighters and military personnel spray water on Aug. 9, 2026, in an attempt to extinguish a forest fire in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra / (Reuters/Abriansyah Liberto)
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LIVE: Indonesian Firefighters Battle Wildfires Amid Severe Droughts! Water Shortage Creates Chaos!
Indonesian firefighters are locked in a desperate battle against spreading forest and peatland fires in Central Kalimantan. As water sources recede and dry season conditions worsen, crews face immense challenges containing underground hot spots and choking toxic haze across Borneo.
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W ith more than 107,000 hectares already ravaged by land and forest fires this year, the government is scrambling to strengthen its response as a prolonged dry spell and worsening climate conditions threaten to fuel a wider fire season.
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The government has designated six fire-prone provinces as priorities for fire control, namely Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan, while preparing firefighting aircraft and expanding weather modification operations to induce rainfall.
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Official data and independent analysis show that fire activity this year has surpassed levels recorded during the same period in 2019, when Indonesia experienced one of its most devastating fire seasons in recent history.
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The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned that a strong El Niño is likely to persist until the first quarter of 2027.
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A positive I…ndian Ocean Dipole, another climate pattern associated with drier conditions, is also expected to prolong drought across much of Indonesia, increasing the risk of more widespread fires.
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The skies over an Indonesia province have become so polluted by widespread forest fires that they began to glow a post-apocalyptic red over the weekend.
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The recent fire in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java has highlighted the growing challenge, with flames spreading toward residential areas in Dingklik Valley on Monday, seven days after the blaze began despite a National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) report that a joint team had contained the fire after it burned more than 550 hectares.
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Gembong Hanung
The Jakarta Post- PREMIUM
Jakarta
Tue, August 11, 2026
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