橙色烟雾笼罩了印度尼西亚的城市，因为野火污染持续导致该国及其邻国出现危险状况。苏门答腊和加里曼丹地区的空气污染指数读数远超“危险”阈值。周四，加里曼丹中部卡蒂安县和省会巴朗卡拉雅的读数也出现了数倍于阈值的水平。巴朗卡拉雅有数十人举行抗议，要求更好地处理这一情况。“昨天的天空非常黄，”46岁的居民阿迪纳塔说。
Orange smog has blanketed cities in Indonesia as wildfire pollution continues to cause dangerous conditions for the country and its neighbours. Areas of Sumatra and Kalimantan have had air pollution index readings far in excess of the "hazardous" threshold. Levels several times higher than the threshold were also recorded in the Katingan district of Central Kalimantan on Thursday, and the provincial capital of Palangka Raya. Dozens of people held a protest in Palangka Raya to call for better handling of the situation." The sky yesterday was very yellow," said 46-year-old resident, Adinata."
“由于这种状况，人们的活动大幅减少。我们希望很快会有雨来缓解这个问题。”烟雾是由泥炭地火灾引起的，这种火灾可以在地表下持续燃烧并重新爆发，而且会产生更浓的烟。商业农民为种植棕榈油等作物而焚烧土地被指责为许多野火的元凶。这导致印度尼西亚自2015年以来最严重的火灾季节。一些火灾已经持续燃烧数月，仅在印度尼西亚38个省中的7个省就报告了超过27万例呼吸道疾病病例。
People's activities are far reduced because of this condition. We hope there will be rain soon that will ease this problem." The smog has been caused by peatland fires, which can smoulder beneath the surface and re-emerge. They also produce thicker smoke. Commercial farmers burning land to make way for crops such as palm oil have been blamed for many of the wildfires. It's led to Indonesia's worst fire season since 2015. Some of the fires have been burning for months, with more than 270,000 cases of respiratory illness reported in just seven of Indonesia's 38 provinces.
这种雾霾也影响了新加坡、东帝汶和马来西亚的空气质量——其中一些学校被迫停课。据与欧盟挂钩的火灾排放监测（Fire Emissions Watch）称，这些火灾的排放量一个月来一直是全球最高的。它表示，“与厄尔尼诺现象 onset 相关的更热更干燥的条件”也在“显著增加排放和烟雾污染”。普拉博沃·苏比安托总统周四任命了印度尼西亚减灾机构的新负责人。
The haze has also affected air quality in Singapore, East Timor and Malaysia - where some schools have had to shut. Emissions from the fires have been the highest in the world for a month, according to the EU-linked Fire Emissions Watch. It says "hotter and drier conditions" related to the onset of the El Nino phenomenon are also "driving significantly increased emissions and smoke pollution". President Prabowo Subianto appointed a new head of Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency on Thursday.
目前尚不清楚此次任命是否与野火问题有关。周二，苏比安托先生还下令增派更多资源以扑灭火灾，因为对救援行动的批评声日益高涨。泥炭地保护组织“泥炭地监测”（Pantau Gambut）估计，由于诸如森林砍伐和地下水位下降等因素，印度尼西亚2400万公顷泥炭地中有1600万公顷的火灾风险有所增加。
It's unclear if the appointment was linked to the wildfire problem. On Tuesday, Mr Subianto also ordered more resources to be deployed to fight the blazes amid growing criticism of the response. Pantau Gambut, a peatland protection group, estimates 16 million of Indonesia's 24 million hectares of peatland have become more fire-prone due to factors such as deforestation and the depletion of water tables.