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Over 2,500 fire hotspots observed in ASEAN last week

No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presence of forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN region from September 4-7.
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Jakarta (VNA) – No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presenceof forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN region fromSeptember 4-7.

The number of hotspots in the Southeast Asian region vacillated though tendingto increase, said Mulyono R. Prabowo, deputy head of the IndonesianMeteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

On the basis of monitoring by the Terra AquaMODIS, SNPP, NOAA20, and Himawari-8 satellites in the region, a total of 727hotspots were found on September 4, 516 on September 5, 619 on September 6, and648 on September 7.

The hotspots were observed in Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Timor Leste, andThailand. No transboundary haze was detected in spite of the presence ofhotspots.

The agency has urged the public to remainvigilant of likely forest fires, air pollution, and drought. Indonesia has beenfacing a severe dry season induced by El Nino that triggered drought and forestfires in several provinces this year.

Eight provinces in Indonesia are susceptible toforest fires, but only six have declared an emergency status for forest firesfrom 90 to 323 days, an official from the Indonesian Environmental Affairs andForestry Ministry noted recently.-VNA
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