Jambi, provincial capital of 300,000, is surrounded by fires within a few miles of the town. Bromo National Park, East Java burning. Reports that 50 schoolchildren collapse from smog. In East Kalimantan, at least 10,000 people are suffering respiratory illness. Reports that peat has caught fire in Sumatra.
Scientists warn of impact on global warming and immediate weather patterns.
Oil company Caltex evacuates workers from its hospital in Riau to Singapore. Minister Azwar Anas says Indonesia can't be sued. Some rain reported. Malaysian fire-fighters reported sent to wrong areas, where fires have already been put out. Ruteng National Park and people's plantations burning in Nusa Tenggara Timor province, eastern Indonesia.