Forest fires that have continued to spread in Indonesia for several months are exacerbating smog and air pollution in many Southeast Asian countries, almost suffocating millions of residents. On the 14th, the level of fine particulate matter pollution in western Singapore rose to the highest level in the local monitoring system: smog also spread to Malaysia and as far as the Philippines and East Timor; the East Timorese government has announced that schools across the country will be closed for three days from October 15.

Forest fires that have continued to spread in Indonesia for several months are exacerbating smog and air pollution in many Southeast Asian countries, almost suffocating millions of residents. On the 14th, the level of fine particulate matter pollution in western Singapore rose to the highest level in the local monitoring system: smog also spread to Malaysia and as far as the Philippines and East Timor; the East Timorese government has announced that schools across the country will be closed for three days from October 15.