一场受厄尔尼诺现象影响的森林大火在印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛肆虐，已夷平近300户住宅，迫使数百人撤离。一名官员周二表示，该国正在与毁灭性的大火和雾霾作斗争。
An forest fire on Indonesia's Sumatra island fuelled by El Niño has razed nearly 300 homes, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, an official said on Tuesday as the country battles devastating blazes and haze.
南邦加县县长里扎·赫尔达维德表示，居民们周六首次在邦加贝利唐省发现火势正逼近他们的村庄，并试图使用便携式水泵自行扑灭。
Residents first spotted the fire approaching their village in Bangka Belitung province on Saturday and tried to put it out themselves with portable water pumps, the head of South Bangka regency, Riza Herdavid, said.
“他们以为火已经被控制住了。但这是泥炭地，地下仍有余火在燃烧。所以，当他们认为火势已经过去时，风向转变，火势迅速蔓延向定居点。” 当地灾害应对机构称，近1000人已从村庄撤离。
"They thought it was taken care of. But it's peatland, and there was still a fire smouldering underneath. So, when they assumed it was over, the wind shifted and quickly drove the fire toward the settlement." The local disaster agency said nearly 1,000 people had fled the village.
“我的房子没了。” 55岁的妇女莱尼在避难所与家人一起说道。
"My house is gone," said Leni, a 55-year-old woman staying at a shelter with her family.
“什么都没剩下。我只能救自己，带着孩子们一起走……我惊慌失措，来不及拿任何东西。” 另一名幸存者哈里安蒂，50岁，表示强风助长了火势，火势席卷了主要由木材建造的房屋。
"There's nothing left. I could only save myself and take my kids with me ... I panicked and didn't have the time to grab anything." Another survivor, Haryanti, 50, said strong winds had fuelled the flames, which torn through homes that were made mostly of wood.
“我立刻跑去救自己。我的财物一样也没剩下……只剩下我身上的衣服。” 她说。
"I immediately ran to save myself. None of my belongings survived ... only the clothes on my back," she said.
里扎表示，该村庄建在曾经是受保护区泥炭地的地方，但去年被改造成住宅区。
Riza said the village had been built on what used to be peatland in a protected area, but which was converted into a housing complex last year.
印度尼西亚在旱季期间经常发生野火，但今年因厄尔尼诺天气现象而更为猛烈，这一现象预计将是自四十年前可比较记录开始以来最强的之一。
Indonesia regularly has wildfires during the dry season, but they have been more intense this year because of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which is forecast to be one of the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago.
专家还指出，斩除和焚烧土地的做法改变了苏门答腊和婆罗洲岛原本具有防火性的自然景观。
Experts also point to slash-and-burn land clearances that have changed the naturally fire-resistant landscape of Sumatra and Borneo islands.
今年的火灾在当地造成了严重雾霾，导致数万例呼吸道疾病病例，并在新加坡和马来西亚引发空气污染激增。
This year's fires have created severe haze locally, with tens of thousands of cases of respiratory illnesses, and caused air pollution spikes in Singapore and Malaysia.
据灾害应对机构称，婆罗洲一个省份的浓烟还导致消防喷水飞机被迫停飞。
Thick smoke in a province of Borneo has also grounded water-bombing aircraft, according to the disaster agency.
印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃·苏比安托于周一下令政府全力以赴，扑灭那些已在某些地区持续燃烧了三个月的野火。
Indonesia's president, Prabowo Subianto ordered the government on Monday to mobilise maximum efforts to extinguish wildfires that have been raging for three months in some places.
内阁秘书长泰迪·因德拉·维贾亚表示，政府已调派了超过6万名人员参与灭火工作。
The cabinet secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, said the government had deployed more than 60,000 personnel on the ground.