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Indonesian police arrest 72 people as fires blanket region in smoke

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 24 August 2026 at 5:22 am

Authorities say many landowners are lighting fires for land clearing, sending massive plumes into the atmosphere that are choking swathes of South-East Asia.

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