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PETALING JAYA: Peat fires have resulted in unhealthy air quality in Rompin, Pahang, says the Environment Department.
KLANG: Every year whenever the weather turns hot and dry, residents in coastal Selangor are faced with unpleasant odour and fine debris originating from smouldering peat fires in the area.
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has deployed its Bombardier CL-415 aircraft to support the Fire and Rescue Department to carry out a water-bombing operation to extinguish peat fires in the Sungai Adong area since Wednesday (March 27).
KAJANG Municipal Council (MPKj) will spend RM50,000 to control the peat fires near the Twin Palms residential area in Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor before Chinese New Year.
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KOTA BARU: The haze that is currently affecting the country is caused by peat fires and open burning, says Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan Environment Department (DOE) is using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones to monitor peat soil fires in Mukim Beris Lalang, Bachok.
Johor Fire and Rescue Department is watching closely six districts that have been identified as fire hotspots during the southwest monsoon season.
BACHOK: Peat fires in and around Kampung Beris Lalang and Kampung Beoh here for the past three weeks have caused numerous health concerns among the local community.
CRITICAL fire incidents are expected as Selangor experiences drier-than-normal weather.
PETALING JAYA: The lack of rain during the incoming southwest monsoon could increase the risk of forest fires in Malaysia, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
GEORGE TOWN: The Fire and Rescue Department has brought the peat fire at Pulau Burung landfill under control after four days but people in the vicinity have been warned to take precautions against the toxic smoke emanating from the fire.
KOTA KINABALU: The Fire and Rescue Department is dispatching a Sarawak-based Mi17 helicopter to help fight open and peat fires in various areas across Sabah.
KOTA KINABALU: Firemen are in an uphill battle against Sabah’s hard to reach jungle fires with the rough terrains and absence of proper roads for fire engines in many areas.
KOTA KINABALU: Measures are in place to protect over two million hectares of Sabah's forest reserves during the current dry spell, says Chief Conservator of Forests Datuk Frederick Kugan.
KUALA NERUS: Open burning for land clearing purposes, even if for bona fide reasons, poses the risk of creating a ‘protection vacuum’ for the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM).
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah foresters are putting measures in place to prevent forest fires across some two million hectares of reserves under its purview during the current dry spell.
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JOHOR BARU: Several peat soil areas in four districts statewide have been burnt during fires due to the hot and dry weather.
