JAKARTA: The forest fires blanketing South-East Asia are on track to become the worst on record, Nasa has warned, in a crisis that has seen thousands of people seek medical treatment, flights grounded and schools closed.
Malaysia, Singapore and large expanses of Indonesia have suffered for weeks from acrid smoke billowing from fires on Indonesian plantations and peatlands that are being illegally cleared by burning.
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