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- Indonesia's forest and land fires generated haze across Southeast Asia in October 2026.
- President Prabowo Subianto ordered extra resources, approved foreign aid and named new disaster-mitigation leaders.
- Air quality index in Central Kalimantan reached 1,200, far above the hazardous 300 level.
- Indonesia trialed dropping dry-ice pellets from aircraft over South Sumatra to clear haze.
- Four firefighters died fighting a blaze in East Java's Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.