AIR QUALITY BEGAN TO DETERIORATE BY CARHUTLA

A number of students evacuate from hostels to avoid the inhaled smoke due to forest fires and lands (carhutla) that occur not far from the Nurussalam Pondok Pesantren Nurussalam in the East Dumai District, Dumai, Riau, Monday (4/4). Karhutla in large scales takes place in several districts of the city of Dumai such as in the East Dumai district, Sembilan River and Bukit Kapur and is estimated the quality of the air in the city will further deteriorate due to the emergence of smoke mist when the rain does not fall until the weekend later. ANTARA PHOTO/Aswaddy Hamid/pd/16