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JAKARTA - Heavy rains brought relief to some areas of Indonesia shrouded in smoke by land-clearing fires, but blazes elsewhere Monday delayed flights and brought misery to residents. Skies were clear across parts of central Sumatra and west Kalimantan provinces on Borneo island, locals said. "Finally God has sent us rain to clear the haze," said Sadikin, a resident in Pontianak, the largest city in west Kalimantan.
Most of the brush fires were illegally started by farmers or agricultural companies on Borneo and Sumatra islands as a cheap way of clearing the land. Smoke from the blazes has also spread to neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. Despite the respite, visibility remained as low as 25 meters (80 feet) in other parts of Borneo, which is shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, residents and officials said.
Flights were canceled or delayed at the island's Palangkaraya airport, said airport chief Jamaludin Hasibuan. "The haze has been disturbing our daily activities for weeks now," said Panrina, a motorist in the city. The dry season haze is a perennial problem for the region. The worst case occurred in 1997-98, when smoke from land-clearing in Sumatra blanketed much of the region and was blamed for losses of nearly US$9 billion in tourism, health and business.
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