Indonesia braces for wildfire, drought ahead of longer dry season

2026-03-12 - 02:03

Blaze battles: A fireman of the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s Manggala Agni fire brigade works to extinguish a forest fire on Feb. 9 in the protected forest area of Taman Lestari in Batam, Riau Islands. A joint team of the military, police, Manggala Agni and the Batam city administration has put out five of six detected hot spots.