# ‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as fires intensify amid super El Niño

https://mins.news/en/item/31243

- The Guardian, 2026-08-25 04:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/indonesia-wildfires-kalimantan-smoke-super-el-nino

> Fires have burned tens of thousands of acres in Indonesia’s Kalimantan, including rainforest and peatland, sending thick smoke into Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert. Respiratory cases in West Kalimantan have surged to about 5,000 a week. Authorities have ordered action against suspected plantation-related burning, but experts warn the fires may worsen as the dry season continues.

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