00:00Smoke from forest and peatland fires in parts of Indonesia's Sumatra Island
00:06was blown to Malaysia over the past two days.
00:09Reports quoted the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency
00:14as saying the haze was detected moving northeastward
00:17and reaching Telok Kermang in Negeri Sembilan.
00:21Several areas in the Riau province were still covered by thick haze on Sunday.
00:25Authorities said more than 140 forest and peatland fires
00:29were reported in the province,
00:31with Rokan-Hilir and Rokan-Hulu districts being the worst-hit areas
00:35where about 46 hectares were burned.
00:39The figure was down from 294 hotspots on Saturday
00:42after the fire in several places were extinguished.
00:46In Malaysia, as of 3 p.m. on Sunday,
00:49the Environment Department said five areas recorded unhealthy air pollutant index readings
00:54with Putrajaya at 139,
00:57Banting and Johan Setia in Selangor at 154,
01:01and Nilay in Negeri Sembilan at 162.
01:04The department said the worsening air quality was due to transboundary haze,
01:09and the National Open Burning Action Plan
01:11and National Haze Action Plan had been activated to address the situation.
01:16They said all outdoor classroom activities will be halted once the API reading exceeds 100,
01:23and schools, kindergarten and daycare centres will be closed once the reading exceeds 200.
01:29They said cloud seeding will be carried out in the worst-hit areas.
01:34The Fire and Rescue Department said incidences of forest and bush fires were reported in parts of Malaysia,
01:40but the situation was under control.
01:43They said the latest forest fires happened in Bukit Kajang Prima and Bukit Jalil,
01:48but firefighters had acted swiftly to prevent the blaze from spreading.
01:52So far this year, a total of 7,223 fire cases were recorded nationwide,
01:59involving forest fires and open burning of waste.
02:02The fire and Rescue Department said incidences of forest fires were recorded nationwide,
02:02and the fire and Rescue Department said incidences of forest fires were recorded nationwide.
02:10The fire and Rescue Department said incidences of forest fires were recorded nationwide,
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