Hot, dry and fiery


Out of control: Wildfires in the Kuala Baram district in northern Sarawak resulting in huge columns of smoke. – Photo: STEPHEN THEN

MIRI: Unscrupulous people are apparently setting off wildfires yet again in the Kuala Baram district in northern Sarawak.

A fire was seen raging in a vast stretch of forested area in the district near the Sarawak-Brunei border since Wednesday evening. Huge columns of thick smoke could be seen billowing even from 10km away.

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