Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 30 October 2026
Indonesia’s wildfire smoke crisis claims over 3,500 lives in September
Pollution from smoke emitted by months of wildfires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in the vast Southeast Asian archipelago in September, according to a new study. The same month, about 57.8 million people in Indonesia were inhaling unhealthy to hazardous air, said the Centre for R
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Both outlets frame the story as a report on a wildfire-smoke death toll in Indonesia, and both use roughly the same 3,500 figure in the headline. South China Morning Post adds the most detail, citing an estimated 3,560 deaths, the month of September, and a wider pollution and exposure context, while Al Jazeera’s extract stays much briefer and only notes persistent wildfires and regional smog.
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