Singapore's National Environment Agency said yesterday that 629 hot spots were detected in Sumatra, mostly in the provinces of Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra.In Kalimantan, a total of 1,584 hot spots were detected yesterday, a significant increase from 749 on Tuesday.
As at 6pm yesterday, the NEA told The New Paper that the 24-hr PSI was between 69 and 75, in the moderate range.But things were not so sunny in Indonesia's Riau province. Since Tuesday, several thousand schools there and in three other areas have been closed, AP reported. About 8,000 people have suffered respiratory problems in the past week alone, according to Jambi's health office.Thousands of people in Pekanbaru held Islamic prayers for rain outside the governor's office, Reuters reported."We're doing everything we can, now we pray to Allah for the rain," Deputy Provincial Governor Edy Nasution told the news agency.
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