Indonesia's firefighters on frontline of Borneo's forest blazes by WillySukamoto tabitadiela
But the firefighters in the once verdant district of Pulang Pisau often have only makeshift equipment, with little more than face masks to protect against choking smoke from the blazes.Volunteer firefighters try to extinguish fires at a peatland forest.
The fires have sent a choking smog across Borneo and Indonesia's island of Sumatra, as well as the neighbouring nations of Malaysia and Singapore, carried by shifting winds.Fire fighter personnel rest after extinguishing fire on a peatland. Yudi Oktama, 21, said he had spent about two months as a volunteer, popularly referred to by the abbreviation "satgas", for "satuan tugas", or task force in Indonesian, and received a stipend of 100,000 rupiah a day.
Asked if he was afraid, he responded, "What else can we do? The fear is there but we’re concerned because of our families."A man fishes as smoke covers the Kahayan river. It is often a struggle to find water to pour on the flames, as more than half the area's 9,000 wells were dry, said Mulyadi, who uses only one name.A man walks as a fire burns behind a residential area.
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