MIRI: Wild fires are raging in some 600ha of peat swamps and forests in northern Sarawak, especially in Miri division, as the dry spell in the region worsens.
Satellite images taken by the Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) yesterday showed a big hot spot and several other worrying fires in Kuala Baram, a largely undeveloped area some 40km from here.
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