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Why a Sarawak peat fire takes eight days to put outNews

Why a Sarawak peat fire takes eight days to put out

A surface fire can be knocked down in an afternoon. The one burning two to twenty metres below it cannot — and that is the fire Sarawak crews are still working a week later.

By Muhammad Kashif4 Sept 20265 min read