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JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities are stepping up efforts to contain forest and land fires as haze spreads across the region and air quality continues to deteriorate in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore. The country has been battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years, which could go on until early November, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni told local media on Wednesday (Sep 16).”These forest and wildfires will remain with us until October or early November,” he said, adding that the rainy season is also expected to arrive late. The Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Tuesday that it is expanding firefighting efforts…

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