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Firefighting teams have successfully extinguished more than 29 hectares of a 51.4-hectare peatland fire near Kota Tinggi in Johor's Pengerang district, with aerial support now deployed to accelerate containment efforts.
Indonesia faces a severe air pollution emergency as forest and land fires push the Air Pollutant Index to hazardous levels in Central Kalimantan, with officials warning 3.4 million people across seven provinces to limit outdoor activities.
Serian in Sarawak has reached very unhealthy air pollution levels with an API reading of 227, while nine other areas across the state recorded unhealthy readings. The haze is being driven by hotspots detected in Kalimantan.
Malaysia's Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has recorded 18,432 open burning cases in the first seven months of the year—nearly double the 9,941 cases from the same period last year. The department has identified 62 high-risk locations vulnerable to large-scale fires.
Indonesia has sealed all access points to Mount Bromo following a rapidly expanding forest fire that has engulfed nearly 176 hectares across East Java's Probolinggo and Malang regencies since Monday.
Spain is contending with its largest recorded wildfire as blazes across central provinces have consumed more than 77,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people from 46 municipalities.
Over 100 active wildfires across northwestern Ontario have engulfed Canada's major cities in hazardous smog, with Toronto experiencing the worst air quality among global cities. Rail operations have been suspended and residents evacuated.