Climate · Borneo, Indonesia · October 27, 2026

Wildfires choke Indonesia

Reported by 4 outlets · first reported Oct 27, 5:00 PM ET

Indonesia faces its worst wildfires in over a decade, worsened by El Niño. Smoke reaches neighboring countries. Several dozen orangutans were rescued.

Why it matters

Smoke harms health across Southeast Asia.

Background

Many fires are set to clear land.

The story so far

1. Oct 27Wildfires choke Indonesia
2. Oct 30Wildfire smoke killed 3,560 in Indonesia in September

Follow the whole story →

Sources

• PBS NewsHour ↗Oct 27, 6:25 PM ET
• Asahi Shimbun ↗Oct 27, 5:00 PM ET
• Asahi Shimbun ↗Oct 27, 5:00 PM ET

This summary was written automatically from the reporting linked above; follow the sources for the full story. How One Turn works.

See it on the globe →All of Oct 27's stories