State of emergency in part Sumatra fires

jakarta - Riau province on Indonesia's Sumatra has declared a state of emergency in connection with ignited. The province in the center of the island is trying to prevent the fire just like last year is completely uncontrollable.

The fires and the smoke caused enormous disruption in 2015 in southeast Asia and caused an estimated 14.5 billion loss. The fire caused a daily emission of CO2 that was comparable to that in the whole of the USA

Authorities have approximately five hundred soldiers and police sent to the area. A fire-fighting helicopter attempting to extinguish the fire.