Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns

Inquirer.net - Oct 27, 2026

PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around. The 57-year-old fell sick after going out with three friends days earlier to fight fires creeping closer to homes on the outskirts of the

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