Firemen brave the heat

By NICHOLAS CHENG

BANTING: Stepping into the blazing South Kuala Langat forest reserve is like stepping into a land made of sponge soaked in boiling water.

Open burning by farmers to illegally clear land for business has ignited peat soil here covering an area the size of 43 football fields.

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Courts & Crime , FIre , Peat Soil , Forest Reserve

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