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Oxygen Bus Deployed as Central Kalimantan Wildfires Worsen

By Drooid · Oct 27, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC · How we work

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Central Kalimantan health department deployed an oxygen bus in Palangka Raya to aid residents breathing polluted air.
El Niño heat drove Indonesia’s most intense forest fires in over a decade, raising air-pollution indices above 1,000.
Health ministry reported roughly 350,000 respiratory cases Aug-Oct 2025, with Central Kalimantan accounting for 31,000.
Hundreds of students protested at the provincial governor’s office demanding a stronger response to the fires.

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Central Kalimantan health department deployed an oxygen bus in Palangka Raya to aid residents breathing polluted air.
El Niño heat drove Indonesia’s most intense forest fires in over a decade, raising air-pollution indices above 1,000.
Health ministry reported roughly 350,000 respiratory cases Aug-Oct 2025, with Central Kalimantan accounting for 31,000.
Hundreds of students protested at the provincial governor’s office demanding a stronger response to the fires.