# The 'apex predator' of fires choking south-east Asia

An episode of [Full Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1482061243), 16 Sep 2026, 18 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/16-29502-FS_INDOWILDFIRES_170826_LH_002.mp3

Indonesia is in the middle of a climate emergency, experiencing what Nasa calls the ‘apex predator’ of wildfires. It’s burning an area three times the size of Singapore and choking millions across south-east Asia with toxic haze. But while Europe’s catastrophic summer made headlines in Australia, the climate emergency happening to one of our closest neighbours is less well known. Kate Lamb joins Matilda Boseley to talk about just how consequential these fires could become

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