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Indonesia orders additional aircraft and drones to fight forest fires

President Prabowo has ordered more aircraft and drones for efforts to combat forest fires. The supplied report does not provide details on the fires' scale or casualties.

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Additional aerial resources indicate a potentially significant wildfire threat and could affect public safety and air quality.

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  1. Prabowo orders more aircraft, drones to fight forest fires ↗en.antaranews.com · Recorded source date: Sep 8, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC
  2. Prabowo orders disaster mitigation masterplan as Indonesia grapples with multiple crises ↗channelnewsasia.com · Recorded source date: Sep 8, 2026, 4:31 AM UTC

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