'Nowhere to escape' – Indonesians share footage of orange haze blanketing towns

For context, a thick orange smog has descended on the Indonesian city of Palangka Raya.

Key points

• The ISPU air pollution index exceeded 1, 200, according to data from the national environment ministry, four times higher than the "hazardous" level of 300 on Wednesday.
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• Witnesses captured videos of the haze washing over the Kalimantan region not far from where wildfires continue to burn.
• Toxic smog is choking millions throughout Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, with authorities partly blaming the agricultural clearing method known as "slash and burn" for compounding the intense haze.

Notably, the ISPU air pollution index exceeded 1, 200, according to data from the national environment ministry, four times higher than the "hazardous" level of 300 on Wednesday.

Toxic smog is choking millions throughout Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, with authorities partly blaming the agricultural clearing method known as "slash and burn" for compounding the intense haze. You are now after Air pollution.

Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Indonesia.

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