World Resources Institute: Fires were ablaze once more on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, reaching levels almost as high as those of June 2013, when neighboring Singapore and Malaysia were smothered by record-breaking smog and haze. NASA satellites registered a total of 734 high-confidence fire alerts in Sumatras provinces for the period August 22-27. Fire alert numbers declined significantly August 28-29.
WRI analyzed the alerts as part of an ongoing series on the fires and haze. We found that, similar to the June fires,...