Indonesia's toxic haze linked to over 5,200 deaths as families struggle to breathe

Local volunteers have set up shelters offering air purifiers, oxygen and nebulizer treatments to residents affected by the smoke.

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Thousands of deaths have been linked to Indonesia’s forest and peatland fires, while more than 425,000 respiratory illness cases were reported as choking smoke spread into Singapore and Malaysia.

A new climate study found that human-caused climate change made the hot, dry conditions favorable to the fires about three times mor…