A firefighter braves the smoke caused by the forest fires in Riau Province, Indonesia. Photo provided courtesy of Greenpeace.
In the seven years since he moved to Singapore, Tom Utoft had never seen the city look the way it did last week. With forest fires raging in nearby Indonesia, thick clouds of haze and smog descended upon the Asian metropolis, blanketing skyscrapers, fogging streets, and leaving many Singaporeans in an uneasy state of house arrest.
"I mostly stayed home from Wednesday evening through Sunday morning," Utoft, 31, wrote in an email to The Verge. The Minnesota-raised expat did venture outdoors for a brief time on Friday, only to realize that he was somewhat out of place.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4471184/singapore-indonesia-smog-crisis-palm-oil-companies-behind-it
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