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Malaysia ready to help Indonesia put out forest fires

Aug 22, 2016

The government is ready to deploy aircraft to Sumatra to help put out forest fires there that have been causing the cross-border haze.

The Prime Minister's Department says our Bombardier aircraft, which were also deployed last year, is very efficient as they can deliver mass quantities of water.

The government is now waiting for Indonesia to request assistance.

Meanwhile, as of 6am, all areas in Malaysia had good to moderate air quality.