Indonesia forest fires could become worst on record: NASA

This handout image from NASA and taken from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA

JAKARTA, Oct 2, 2015 (AFP) - Forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in choking haze are on track to become among the worst on record, scientists warn, with a prolonged dry season hampering efforts to curb the crisis.

Malaysia, Singapore and large expanses of Indonesia have suffered for weeks from acrid smoke billowing from fires on plantations and peatlands that are being illegally cleared by burning.