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Indonesia deploys oxygen buses amid severe forest fire haze

Indonesia is deploying oxygen buses to help residents suffering from toxic haze caused by intense forest fires. These buses, equipped with oxygen tanks, offer free treatment for haze-related ailments. The fires, particularly severe this year on Borneo and Sumatra islands, have created the worst haze in over a decade, prompting the establishment of nearly 500 such facilities nationwide. AI

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Indonesia deploys oxygen buses amid severe forest fire haze

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Indonesia’s oxygen bus offers breather to residents choking on toxic haze

    A bus fitted out ⁠with oxygen tanks is ⁠providing a sanctuary in a ⁠city on Indonesia’s Borneo island, where people are choking from forest-fire-induced haze and the blazes show no sign of letting up. Indonesia regularly battles seasonal forest fires, predominantly on Sumatra and…