As El Niño Dries Indonesia, Wildfires Intensify

The unusual weather pattern and dried out peatlands, a kind of wetland, have been behind some of the country’s worst fire seasons. This year could be one.A firefighter battles a wildfire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia, earlier this month. This fire season, the country has had an unusually high number of hot spots, according to one estimate.