Indonesia fires

Indonesia punishes more than 20 companies over deadly forest fires

Indonesia is punishing more than 20 companies in an unprecedented move for starting deadly forest fires that killed 19 people, a government official said...

Pachyderm patrol: Indonesia uses trained elephants to control forest fires

Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses...

Indonesia sends thousands of troops to fight fires as haze cloaks south-east Asia

Indonesia on Tuesday deployed an extra 1,600 military personnel to fight forest and agricultural fires producing thick haze, as the smog closed schools...