Haze again over Sumatra, Kalimantan

Sun, 22 Aug 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

INDONESIA: Haze from forest and brush fires blanketed parts of
the islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra on Saturday, disrupting
flights in western Kalimantan, officials said.

At least five flights in Pontianak city in West Kalimantan
province were delayed early Saturday by smoke from fires lit to
clear new plantation land, said Kosasi Munir, the city's airport
operational chief. Morning visibility was only at 50 to 300
meters, Munir said.

Sumatra and Kalimantan islands -- which border Singapore and
Malaysia -- are the areas usually hardest hit by the choking
haze, an annual dry-season hazard in parts of Indonesia. -- AFP

View JSON | Print