Indonesia’s prolonged wildfire crisis has blanketed large parts of Southeast Asia in thick haze, forcing widespread evacuations and triggering severe respiratory illnesses among hundreds of thousands. The smoke has disrupted air travel, grounded flights, and prompted health warnings as visibility plummets across affected regions. Authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes, which have been fueled by land-clearing practices and dry conditions. The situation has raised concerns over long-term environmental and public health impacts in one of the world’s most densely populated areas.
Months of fires in Indonesia have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze and made hundreds of thousands of people sick.
