Indonesian city runs free oxygen buses as country's worst fires in over decade choke residents

VNExpress - Oct 28, 2026

Palangka Raya, a city on Indonesian Borneo, is running free buses fitted with oxygen tanks to help residents choking on haze from the country's most intense forest fires in more than a decade.

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