Fire's haze darkens Borneo

Dozens of uncontrolled fires continue to thicken the haze over the island of Borneo, officials said Friday.

Some eight million hectares across Indonesia have burned in the last month due mostly to illegal land-clearing and illegal logging. About 60 percent of the burnt area was farm land with the remainder forest.

"Now visibility is down to 500 metres, planes can still take off but we will have to see later," said an official speaking of Central Kalimantan.


Villagers head home through thick haze uncontrolled forest fires in Riau, Sumatra province, August 2006. AFP/Greenpeace/Getty Images/File/Vinai Dithajon via Yahoo News.