Indonesia battles haze as wildfires rage across South Sumatra forests

Indonesia deploys prayers and emergency measures to combat South Sumatra's raging wildfires and hazardous haze.

Muslims gather for rain prayers in Indonesia’s wildfire-hit South Sumatra  Toronto Star

Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have held a mass Islamic prayer for rain as forest and peatland fires fueled choking haze across parts of the country

Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have held a mass Islamic prayer for rain as forest and peatland fires fueled choking haze across parts of the country

Indonesian authorities arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and west Indonesia triggered choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensifying El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season, generating dense smoke that crossed into Mala