Jakarta Skies Haze from Forest Fires Detected, Air Pollution Concerns Rise
The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) announced that smoke from forest and land fires (karhutla) in Kalimantan has reached western Java, Banten, and West Java, including Jakarta, on Friday, October 16. While currently drifting in the upper atmosphere, concerns are rising about potential increases in ground-level air pollution.
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