API readings high in Sri Aman and Miri due to forest fires

Other towns in Sarawak have 'moderate' air quality. FMTNews

KUCHING: The air pollutant index reading in most of the major cities in Sarawak is still below 100, except for Sri Aman and Miri, state Assistant Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Minister Len Talif Salleh said.

According to him, the haze in Sri Aman was bad due to a forest fire in Kalimantan. The town is near the Indonesia-Malaysia border.

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