The haze this morning is thicker than ever before. In fact haze also enter the house since dawn,"Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Swirling haze that blanketed Banjarbaru became more concentrated than the previous day, disrupt community activities both inside and outside home.
"The haze this morning is thicker than ever before. In fact haze also enter the house since dawn," said Rahmat in Banjarbaru Monday.
According to resident of Jalan Taruna Praja, haze density due to forest and scrub fires also shortens visibility to about 50-100 meters.
Besides disturbing visibility, a thin haze makes eye irritation if exposed directly especially for motorcyclists made eyes watery.
"My eyes smarting and watery from exposure to smog and I was immediately into the house after dropping children off school," said Dayat, other resident.
Motorcyclists who undergo routine activities every morning taking children to school or go to office wearing a mask covering nose and mouth to prevent acute respiratory infections (ARI).
"I deliberately wear a mask to avoid the smog causes respiratory infection. In addition to dense fog, the smell of smoke was also stinging," said Mrs. Nurul, resident of Balitan Banjarbaru.
Head of Banjarbaru Health Agency Agus Widjaja asked people to wear masks covering nose and mouth so as not to inhaled smog.
"We are still waiting for test results BTKL regarding air quality due to smog. We appealed to people wearing a mask when activity outside the home," he said.
Until 08.00, even though the sun shine, but have not been able to break down a fairly thick smog blanketed the entire region of Banjarbaru.
The emergence of smog in cities is expected as a result of land and bush fires that occurred in the sub-district of Landasan Ulin and Liang Anggang on Sunday (13/9) afternoon.
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