The fire has no brake, and the instrument is a child's lungs

Time reported on 17 September that Indonesian government data show 202,000 hectares burned between January and July, and that the environmental group YKAN puts a further 600,000 hectares in August alone. More than twelve million people are under the smoke. Health Ministry data recorded 113,336 respiratory-infection cases across seven provinces on 9 September, double the number a week earlier, nearly a quarter of them in children of five and under. On 15 September Singapore recorded unhealthy air ...