Air quality in Simpang, Jambi and Terentang, West Kalimantan, has reached hazardous levels.

Data from airvisual.com at 4 PM WIB on September 11, 2019, showed that the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Simpang, Jambi, reached a hazardous level with a score of 366. The same was true for Terentang, West Kalimantan, with an AQI score of 365, just one point lower than Simpang.

Besides Simpang and Terentang, eight other major cities also registered hazardous levels: Sukadana, West Kalimantan (AQI 299); Matangai, Central Kalimantan (AQI 261); Ketapang, West Kalimantan (AQI 224); and Palangkaraya and Tongkiling, Central Kalimantan (both with AQI 218). Airmolek, Riau; Batuampar, West Kalimantan; and Kubu, West Kalimantan also had poor air quality, with an AQI of 212.

For information, forest and land fires (karhutla) are still occurring in several regions, particularly on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. To date, the BNPB reports that the area affected by karhutla in Indonesia from January to August 2019 reached 328,724 hectares.

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