Thick smoke billows from forest fire in Riau on March 20, 2014. (File photo)

Police name 15 suspects over forest fires in Riau

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU -- The Riau Police has named 15 arsonists as suspects responsible for the forest fires that occurred in January and February this year. The 15 suspects were caught red-handed while deliberately setting fires in different districts in Riau province, Chief of the Riau Police Brigadier General Dolly Bambang Hermawan told the press here on Thursday. The police hope to...

Smoke from forest fire in Riau limits the visibility in Kualanamu Airport, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Selasa , 23 Sep 2014, 15:29 WIB

Thick haze covers Pekanbaru

Smoke from forest fire in Riau limits the visibility in Kualanamu Airport, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Jumat , 19 Sep 2014, 22:52 WIB

Some 1,236 hotspots detected in six provinces

Forest fire in East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, on September 7, 2014 (file photo)

Kamis , 18 Sep 2014, 19:01 WIB

BNPB deploys nine choppers to fight forest fires

Haze limits visibility in some area in Indonesia's forest fire or land clearing using fire. (Illustration)

Rabu , 17 Sep 2014, 13:06 WIB

Haze engulfs Pontianak in West Kalimantan

Thick smoke billows from forest fire. (File photo)

Ahad , 14 Sep 2014, 15:14 WIB

More hot spots in South Sumatra

Thick smoke billows from forest fire in Riau earlier this year. (File photo)

Senin , 01 Sep 2014, 13:08 WIB

NOAA satellite detects 40 hotspots across Sumatra

Map of East Nusa Tenggara in green

Sabtu , 31 May 2014, 21:35 WIB

East Nusa Tenggara vulnerable to climate change

Thick smoke billows from forest fire in Riau on March 20, 2014. (File photo)

Ahad , 04 May 2014, 15:27 WIB

NOAA detects 44 hotspots in Sumatra

Smoke billows during a forest fires in Pelalawan, Riau province, Indonesia, as seen in this file photo on June 27, 2013.

NOAA satellite detects 48 hot spots in Sumatra

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18, a satellite operated by Singapore, 48 hot spots in mainland of Sumatra. About 27 spots are scattered in Riau. "The number increases compared to previous days. There were only 14 hot spots on Monday in Riau or 40 spots in Sumatra," official staff of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Agus...