{
  "id": 7462019,
  "title": "Haze pushes air quality across Singapore into unhealthy range for first time in 7 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/haze-pushes-air-quality-across-singapore-into-unhealthy-range-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T03:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Singapore",
    "slug": "cna-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/haze-unhealthy-air-quality-singapore-smoke-fires-indonesia-6384896"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday morning (Sep 15), Singapore's air quality deteriorated to the unhealthy range for the first time in seven years, according to the National Environment Agency. Smoke plumes from wildfires in Kalimantan, Indonesia, contributed to the haze. All five regions of the city-state recorded unhealthy PSI levels. The PSI hit 154 in the central region at one point. The National Environment Agency warned that dry conditions and prevailing southeast to east-southeast winds would likely keep the haze affecting Singapore.",
  "summary": "Moderate to dense smoke plumes from fires in Kalimantan have drifted towards Singapore, said the National Environment Agency.",
  "key_points": [
    "Singapore's air quality reached unhealthy range for first time in 7 years.",
    "Smoke from Kalimantan wildfires caused haze.",
    "PSI levels across all five regions hit 154 at peak."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The haze from Indonesian wildfires signals a return to a familiar environmental challenge for Singapore, straining the city-state's air quality and likely persisting due to forecast weather conditions.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Haze pushes air quality across Singapore into unhealthy range for first time in 7 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/haze-pushes-air-quality-across-singapore-into-unhealthy-range-for-7464553",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:23:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}