# Watch: Orange haze blankets Indonesia's Kalimantan region

https://mins.news/en/item/100782

- BBC News, 2026-10-15 03:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c63dj4p4k5dlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Thick orange smog covered Palangka Raya as wildfires continued burning nearby. On Wednesday, the environment ministry’s air pollution index exceeded 1,200—four times the hazardous threshold of 300. Toxic haze is affecting millions in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia; authorities partly blame agricultural slash-and-burn clearing for worsening it.

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