JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- The number of fire hotspots across Indonesia more than quadrupled to 1,104 on Sunday, with Kalimantan bearing the brunt as prolonged forest and land fires continued to generate smoke and haze, worsening air quality in several provinces.
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- The Forestry Ministry said the number of forest and land hotspots rose from 270 on Saturday, with Central Kalimantan recording the sharpest increase to 495 hotspots, up from 92 the previous day, while West Kalimantan rose to 174 from 22.
- Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan are among six priority areas for firefighting operations, alongside South Sumatra, South Kalimantan, Jambi and Riau.
- South Sumatra recorded 51 hotspots on Sunday, up from nine on Saturday, while South Kalimantan registered 19, compared with two.
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