PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is likely to escape severe haze despite the detection of nearly 300 hotspots in Indonesia’s Sumatra, said the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD).
A hotspot is registered when there is intense heat over a sizeable area, which typically happens during land clearing by way of open burning.
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