印度尼西亚西加里曼丹地区近期野火肆虐，直接威胁到当地一家红毛猩猩救援中心的安全。Yiari救援中心收容的60只从野生动物贩子手中救出的红毛猩猩面临严峻的火灾威胁[1]。火焰曾一度逼近中心仅100米的距离[1]，中心工作人员紧急采取行动，将这些动物转移到安全区域，并参与了整夜的灭火工作。中心主任卡梅莱·拉诺·桑切斯表示："我们一直在与大火搏斗到凌晨3点，但今早火势又重新燃起了"[1]。
当前火灾形势反映了印度尼西亚严重的季节性生态危机。在8月前13天内，全国森林火灾热点数量已超过去年同月的3倍[1]。西加里曼丹地区已连续40天无降雨，干旱条件加剧了火灾蔓延的风险[1]。虽然当局已采取灭火措施使情况趋于稳定，但预计干旱条件将持续[1]。火灾季节的高峰通常会在9月和10月到来[1]。
Wildfires across West Kalimantan, Indonesia are posing a severe threat to a rescue center sheltering orangutans recovered from wildlife trafficking networks. The Yiari rehabilitation center, which houses 60 orangutans rescued from animal traffickers, has come under direct threat from advancing flames that approached to within 100 meters of the facility.[1] Staff members have relocated the animals to safer areas as firefighting efforts intensified, with center director Karmele Llano Sánchez reporting that the team fought the blaze through the early morning hours, stating: "We were fighting it until 3am, but this morning it has reignited."[1]
The scale of this year's fire crisis has reached significant levels in the region. During the first 13 days of August alone, Indonesia recorded forest fire hotspots exceeding three times the number detected during the same period last year.[1] The situation has been exacerbated by severe drought conditions, with West Kalimantan experiencing no rainfall for 40 consecutive days.[1] While firefighting measures have brought the immediate situation under control, authorities anticipate that dry conditions will persist, with the fire season typically reaching its peak during September and October.[1]