Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 27 October 2026
Indonesia’s oxygen bus offers breather to residents choking on toxic haze
A bus fitted out with oxygen tanks is providing a sanctuary in a city on Indonesia’s Borneo island, where people are choking from forest-fire-induced haze and the blazes show no sign of letting up. Indonesia regularly battles seasonal forest fires, predominantly on Sumatra and Borneo islands, but
What the coverage shows
Both Reuters and the South China Morning Post describe an oxygen-equipped bus as a refuge for residents in a city on Indonesia’s Borneo island amid forest-fire haze, and both note that the blazes show no sign of letting up. The main difference is framing: Reuters leads with Indonesia sending the bus, while South China Morning Post uses the “breather” headline and adds that Indonesia regularly battles seasonal forest fires, a detail only in its extract.
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