Blazing away
For the third year in a row, fires are blazing across parts of Indonesia. Smog has affected Kalimantan and Sumatra and when the winds blow from the south, the haze blankets Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and reaches other parts of Southeast Asia. Experts say that the fires are a constant threat to the environment and affect the health of millions of people. Some Indonesian officials maintain that fires are caused primarily by small farmers. In 1997 and 1998, they blamed the El Ni