Police and a fire fighter from a local forestry company try to extinguish a forest fire in the village in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia August 28, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
JAKARTA: More smoke from forest fires in Riau province could head towards Singapore and Malaysia in the next few days due to a change in wind direction, said Indonesia’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) on Tuesday.
The BMKG, citing latest imagery from the satellite Himawari, said the fires are concentrated in a wide area in the western part of the province in Sumatra island. It added in a statement that as the winds turn and blow eastwards, the smoke will potentially head towards neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.
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