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  "id": 2994264,
  "title": "Indonesia intensifies aerial firefighting as forest fires scorch multiple provinces",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/indonesia-intensifies-aerial-firefighting-as-forest-fires-scorch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T10:05:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/2026/08/24/indonesia-intensifies-aerial-firefighting-as-forest-fires-scorch-multiple-provinces"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Indonesia on Monday heightened both ground and aerial firefighting efforts to combat massive forest fires across several provinces. The blazes, fueled by an intense El Nino pattern and a prolonged dry season, have scorched thousands of hectares of forests and peatland, producing a thick haze that has seeped into neighboring Malaysia and Brunei. Indonesian authorities have been battling the fires, which remain active in multiple regions, including West, Central and South Kalimantan on Borneo island, as well as Riau, South Sumatra and Jambi on Sumatra island. President Prabowo Subianto visited the affected Riau province on Sumatra island to urge authorities to control the haze. The Transportation Ministry authorized the use of 35 foreign-registered aircraft to aid wildfire response operations, including water-bombing and aerial patrols. According to satellite data, South Sumatra reported the most hot spots, followed by West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. The Forestry Ministry recorded nearly 94,000 hectares burned in July alone.",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Malaysia ready to help Indonesia tackle forest fires, haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/malaysia-ready-to-help-indonesia-tackle-forest-fires-haze",
        "published": "2026-08-24T07:23:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Malaysia, Indonesia to synchronise haze suppression ops as monsoon and El Niño converge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/malaysia-indonesia-to-synchronise-haze-suppression-ops-as-monsoon-and",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:24:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Antara News Indonesia",
        "title": "Indonesia intensifies forest firefighting in four provinces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/indonesia-intensifies-forest-firefighting-in-four-provinces",
        "published": "2026-08-24T10:02:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Indonesia intensifies aerial firefighting as forest fires scorch multiple provinces",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/indonesia-intensifies-aerial-firefighting-as-forest-fires-scorch-2998132",
        "published": "2026-08-24T10:23:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}