Xinhua
22 Jul 2025, 15:15 GMT+10
(250722) -- RIAU, July 22, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken from a helicopter on July 21, 2025 shows smokes of a forest and peatland fire in Rokan Hilir regency, Riau province, Indonesia. Indonesian authorities announced that the country's western region is currently on high alert for forest and land fires, with Riau province reporting the highest number of hotspots.
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said Monday that forest and land fires have been the dominant type of disaster in the Southeast Asian country since early July. Of the 42 disasters recorded so far this month, 33 are forest and land fires. (BNPB/Handout via Xinhua)
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