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General view of fires2. Closeup of fires3. Wide shot of fires4. Smoke billowing through trees5. Remnants of burnt-out field6. Closeup of burnt tree and forest wide shot 7....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEast Kalimantan, Indonesia - 26 \u0026amp;amp; 27 February, 1998\u003cbr/\u003e1. General view of fires\u003cbr/\u003e2. Closeup of fires\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of fires\u003cbr/\u003e4. Smoke billowing through trees\u003cbr/\u003e5. Remnants of burnt-out field\u003cbr/\u003e6. Closeup of burnt tree and forest wide shot \u003cbr/\u003e7. Haze over city (Samarinda, Kalimantan)\u003cbr/\u003e8. Haze over weather vane\u003cbr/\u003e9. Plane taking off in haze (Balikpapan, Kalimantan)\u003cbr/\u003e10. Plane disappears into haze\u003cbr/\u003e11. Truck appears through haze\u003cbr/\u003e12. General view of farm\u003cbr/\u003e13. Farmer set-up shot\u003cbr/\u003e14. Closeup of fruit\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Bahasa Indonesia) Konda, farmer\u003cbr/\u003e16. People collecting water (Samarinda, Kalimantan)\u003cbr/\u003e17. Boys filling containers\u003cbr/\u003e18. Women walking with water in buckets\u003cbr/\u003e19. Man on bike with water\u003cbr/\u003e20. People pulling buckets from river\u003cbr/\u003e21. Closeup of bucket on water\u003cbr/\u003e22. People washing in river\u003cbr/\u003e23. Doctor with asthma patient\u003cbr/\u003e24. Closeup of patient\u003cbr/\u003e25. Patients on beds\u003cbr/\u003e26. Nurse filling out form\u003cbr/\u003e27. Patient wheeled into ward\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. H. Jusuf, director, Wahab Syahrani Hospital \u003cbr/\u003e29. Mosque wide shot\u003cbr/\u003e30. Sunset seen through haze\u003cbr/\u003eEng/Indonesian \u003cbr/\u003eConcerns are growing in Indonesia that the choking haze that covered much of southeast Asia last year is set to return.\u003cbr/\u003eFires have again been burning while a drought grips the eastern part of Borneo, which usually sees heavy rain at this time of year.\u003cbr/\u003eMeteorologists blame the El Nino weather phenomenon for the failure of the wet season.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Indonesian government estimates at least 34,600 acres of forest have been burned since January, although others estimate that fires have swept through as many as 247,000 acres.\u003cbr/\u003eThe dry conditions have also raised the spectre of harvest failures and food shortages.\u003cbr/\u003eThe environmental disaster that gripped Southeast Asia last year appears to be creeping back again in 1998.\u003cbr/\u003eFires in Borneo and Sumatra caused over 1.4 (b)  billion U-S dollars in damages and lost revenue last year, according to one environmental group.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year the lack of monsoon rains, blamed on the El Nino weather phenomenon, has set up conditions for a return of the blazes.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd dozens have already broken out around Kalimantan, the  Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.\u003cbr/\u003eThe government estimates that 14,000 hectares have already been destroyed this year.\u003cbr/\u003eEnvironmental groups put the number as high as 100,000 hectares burned.\u003cbr/\u003eThe smoke from the fires produces a haze which hampers tourism and threatens the health of local residents.\u003cbr/\u003eA plane crash in northern Sumatra last year was blamed by some on the haze from the fires.\u003cbr/\u003eThis airport in Balikpapan has seen had to be closed several times.\u003cbr/\u003eThe airport in Samarinda, over 100 kilometres north, is only open intermittently.\u003cbr/\u003eOther forms of transport are suffering as fires leap across roads and isolate towns in their wake.\u003cbr/\u003eFarmers, like this one in rural East Kalimantan seen their crops go up in flames.\u003cbr/\u003eHis durian fruit crop won't come in this year, and he is not sure how he will feed his family.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Bahasa Indonesia)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Now the farmers are poor.  Because the price is rising and because of the drought, our income is very low.  Now we cannot make crops grow.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Konda, farmer\u003cbr/\u003eIn Samarinda, the drought has depleted the well water supply in the city and the surrounding area.\u003cbr/\u003ePeople come from as far as 40 kilometres away to draw river water with which to bathe, to fight fires and even to drink.\u003cbr/\u003eThis adds to a list of fire and haze-related misery that area hospitals are confronting. \u003cbr/\u003eTens of thousands of people were treated for respiratory problems during last year's fires. \u003cbr/\u003eThis hospital in Samarinda fears it could be overloaded if a similar situation occurs again.\u003cbr/\u003eAlready they are treating cases of asthma and other breathing disorders.\u003cbr/\u003eThe next two weeks could be crucial, says the hospital administrator.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The two big pattern, this is, will be increased by the result of the smoke and then the water supply problem in Samarinda in particular. And if the situation like this (continues), for water supply, maybe one or two weeks more, I think the gastro-enteritis (inflammation of stomach and intestines) will be coming up (rising).\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr. H. 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