Haze blankets Jambi city

Haze blankets Jambi city

JAMBI, Jambi: Jambi city has been blanketed by haze for the past
several days as a result of fires that have burned hundreds of
hectares of palm oil plantations in Muarojambi regency.

Joko Fajar, the head of the Forest Fire Relief Center, said
satellite photos showed an increasing number of hot spots in the
area, from 12 on Sunday to 15 on Monday.

He said his office had deployed two teams of firemen to battle
the fires, as well as a team of investigators to probe whether
the fires were caused by human activities.

It is common for individuals and plantation companies to clear
land by burning.

The haze did not disrupt flights on Monday, with pilot
visibility between two kilometers and three kilometers, far above
the minimum threshold of 1.5 kilometers to two kilometers. -- JP