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- Malaysia declared a state of emergency in a Sarawak town due to haze from Indonesian wildfires.
- Indonesian fire haze spread hundreds of miles across Southeast Asia, making Malaysia among the worst-affected.
- Sarawak temporarily closed hundreds of schools last month as air quality deteriorated.
- Geraldine Arulsamy said parents kept children home and some fell ill.
- Fruit-stall worker Irfan Zulkarnain experienced a nosebleed and cough, which doctors attributed to the haze.
