Vehicles and pedestrians cross the haze covered Ampera bridge over the Musi river in Palembang, South Sumatra September 29, 2015, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. REUTERS/Nova Wahyudi/Antara Foto
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia has sent nearly 21,000 personnel to fight forest fires raging in its northern islands, the disaster management agency said on Tuesday, but smoke cloaks much of the region with pollution readings in the "very unhealthy" region in neighbouring Singapore.
Slash-and-burn agriculture has blanketed Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia in a choking "haze" for weeks, pushing up pollution levels and disrupting flights, as it does every year. Indonesian efforts to halt the seasonal clearances have failed.
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