Fires in Indonesia blanket Southeast Asian region with haze

NPR | By Naina Rao

Published October 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM EDT

Human-caused fires, exacerbated by El Nino, have burned forests across Indonesia for months. Smoke from those fires has also reached cities like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur causing major air pollution.

Naina Rao

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