SINGAPORE, Oct 18 — Residents in Singapore enjoyed a rare day of clearer skies and fresher air today, after a change in wind directions led to an improvement in air quality here.

In its daily haze situation update this evening, the National Environment Agency (NEA) stated that winds had turned to blow from the south.

“However, some smoke haze from Kalimantan continued drifting towards Singapore. Smoke haze was also observed over Sumatra,” the agency said.

At 6pm, the one-hour PM2.5 was in the normal band in the northern region (36), while remaining in the low-elevated band in eastern (67), central (69), western (66) and southern (69) Singapore.