Light haze reaches Metro Manila

October 26, 2015 - 8:14pm

Indonesian soldiers who are deployed to help containing massive forest and land fires that have caused widespread haze in parts of Southeast Asia, disembark from an military cargo plane upon arrival at the airbase in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Indonesia has been unable to put out the rugged fires, especially in peat-rich provinces on Sumatra and on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where fires have been worse this year due to intentional burning and the absence of rain because of the El Nino effect. AP/Bagus Kurniawan

MANILA, Philippines - The haze from Indonesia's forest fires have reached Metro Manila, weather bureau PAGASA said on Monday.

"Sa Metro Manila, meron tayong light haze... light haze lang naman, so hindi... mapanganib," PAGASA weather forecaster Meno Mendoza said in an interview with GMA's Balita Pilipinas.

The weather bureau earlier explained that the smoke and haze from forest fires in Indonesia was brought by Typhoon Lando.

PAGASA noted that a typhoon might be able to drive the haze away.

Indonesian haze had reached Zamboanga City and was found positive of air pollutants, according to the Environment Management Bureau.

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The Department of Health warned that the said haze may trigger respiratory tract infections and heart ailments.

Several provinces in Mindanao have a high level of air pollutants due to the haze, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said.

The haze has also spread to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand due to winds.

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