2015 Southeast Asian haze
A collage showing various landmarks in the haze.
Top: An-Nur Great Mosque, Pekanbaru, Indonesia Bottom-left: The Grand Mosque of Palangkaraya, Indonesia Bottom-right: Swissôtel The Stamford, Singapore |
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| Duration | 28 June 2015 – 29 October 2015 |
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| Location |
 Brunei Cambodia (suspected) Indonesia (origin) Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
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| Outcome |
State of emergency declared in six Indonesian provinces School closures in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore Swimming World Cup disrupted Kuala Lumpur Marathon cancelled |
| Deaths |
Indonesia: |
| Non-fatal injuries | Indonesia: 503,874 (by 23 October 2015) |
Indonesia:
19 died due to respiratory infections.
10 people killed due to smog from forest and land fires
The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia (especially its islands of Sumatra and Borneo), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.
The haze affected Indonesia from at least late June, to the end of October, turning into an international problem for other countries in September. It was the latest occurrence of the Southeast Asian haze, a long-term issue that occurs in varying intensity during every dry season in the region. It was caused by forest fires resulting from illegal slash-and-burn practices, principally on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, which then spread quickly in the dry season.
On 4 September 2015, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management stated that six Indonesian provinces had declared a state of emergency due to the haze; these were Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan. On 14 September, a state of emergency was again declared in Riau, this time by the Indonesian government. Thousands of residents of Pekanbaru, Riau's capital, fled to the nearby cities of Medan and Padang. On 24 October, the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hit a record high of 1801, recorded in the province of Central Kalimantan.
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