# Wildfires Spark Health Crisis

- Place: Indonesia (-6.08, 121.33)
- Published: 2026-11-01T19:56:43.186Z · expires 2026-11-08T19:56:43.186Z
- Floors (The Arena): E6 Organisms, E7 Ecosystems, E8 Minds, E3 Chemistry, E12 States, E14 Global
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/58i
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

Toxic smog from Indonesia's worst wildfire season in a decade has sparked health emergencies and protests, NBC News reports.

The fires have killed at least 3,500 people in September alone, with officials resisting declaring a national 'karhutla' emergency, Al Jazeera notes.

Singapore is bracing for the haze as Indonesia's government faces criticism for its handling of the crisis, Reuters reports.

The World Bank warns that climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of such wildfires in Southeast Asia.

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## Open data shown on the globe

- Smoke & dust in the air · NASA VIIRS aerosol optical depth