{
  "id": 14212745,
  "title": "Walking through flames: orangutans rescued in Indonesia fires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/walking-through-flames-orangutans-rescued-in-indonesia-fires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T14:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/world/2026-10-13-walking-through-flames-orangutans-rescued-in-indonesia-fires/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Orangutans suffer through flames in Indonesia as fire-ravaged lands trap them in the air. Novita, a young female, clings to a mostly leafless tree in Borneo while thick smoke wafts from the nearby wildfires. The ape, rescued by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, is receiving intensive care at a rehabilitation center in Palangkaraya.\n\nBara, a male orangutan, was also saved from the haze last Thursday. He was found on a tree on razed land, with minor burns. Local officials stated they were concerned about Bara's survival due to the severity of the burned lands. He will be moved to a nature reserve in Central Kalimantan.\n\nWildfires have endangered already vulnerable orangutans, prompting rescue efforts by local groups and authorities. Novita is still in intensive care with improving burns but may not fully recover. The orangutans are critically endangered, with only around 104,000 left in Borneo and Sumatra. The International Union for Conservation of Nature warned that fires have burned in habitats containing 52 percent of Borneo's orangutan population. Indonesia regularly battles wildfires during the dry season, intensified by the El Nino weather phenomenon and other human activities. Over 202,000 hectares were burned between January and July, with nearly 896,000 hectares estimated burned by the end of August.",
  "summary": "The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her.",
  "key_points": [
    "Two orangutans, Novita and Bara, rescued from Indonesian fires",
    "Fires endangered critically endangered orangutans, with 104,000 left",
    "Over 202,000 hectares burned between January and July in Indonesia"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Antara News Indonesia",
        "title": "Indonesia aims to extinguish forest fires within a month",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/indonesia-aims-to-extinguish-forest-fires-within-a-month",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:50:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}