1997 Indonesian Forest Fires
Time: Sep, 997
Place: Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia
Details: The 1997 group of forest fires in Indonesia that lasted well into 1998 were probably among the two or three, if not the largest, forest fires group in the last two centuries of recorded history. In the middle of 1997 forest fires burning in Indonesia began to affect neighbouring countries, spreading thick clouds of smoke and haze to Malaysia and Singapore. A total of 240 people perished in the wildfires.
‹ Earlier in historyHis inaugurationFriday Oct 14, 996 Later in history ›Ibn al-Haytham pinhole Camera11th Century
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