Unhealthy API in Rompin following peat fires

PETALING JAYA: Peat fires have resulted in unhealthy air quality in Rompin, Pahang, says the Environment Department.

Its director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said as at 11am on Tuesday (April 30), Rompin recorded an Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 166 due to peat fires at the Pahang Coconut Valley plantation near Kampung Kerpal, Muadzam Shah.