Indonesia fights fire with dry ice as toxic haze spreads across region

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Indonesia plans to test dispersing dry ice by plane over South Sumatra to help combat fires producing toxic haze. The approach follows earlier efforts including cloud seeding, water bombing and deploying army personnel, while smoke has alarmed neighboring countries.

Having tried cloud seeding and water bombing, one pilot project will see dry ice dispersed by plane across the province of South Sumatra As fires ravage Indonesia, emitting a toxic smoke that has drawn the ire of regional neighbours, the government is testing an unusual new approach to tackle the haze: dry ice. Having tried cloud seeding, water bombing and sending in army personnel to fight the fires, Indonesia’s coordinating security minister said dry ice would be dropped on the province of South Sumatra on Thursday. Continue reading...