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A volunteer assisting a woman with a nasal oxygen cannula at a shelter that aids residents experiencing respiratory difficulties in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan province, on Oct 26. - AFP

PALANGKARAYA: Sudarsono shuddered as he inhaled from an oxygen tank while being evacuated from his small house in Palangkaraya on Indonesian Borneo, yellow, acrid wildfire smoke billowing all around.

The 57-year-old fell sick after going out with three friends days earlier to fight fires creeping closer to homes on the outskirts of the city in Central Kalimantan province, one of the regions hit hardest by months of blazes and haze.

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帕朗卡拉亚：苏达索诺从他在印度尼西亚婆罗洲帕朗卡拉亚的小房子里撤离时，吸入氧气罐，浑身颤抖，周围弥漫着刺鼻的黄色野火烟雾。

这位 57 岁的男子几天前与三位朋友一起外出，在加里曼丹中部省份的城市郊区扑灭逼近民宅的火灾，之后便生病了。加里曼丹中部省份是受数月火灾和烟霾影响最严重的地区之一。

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