Six Orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month.The apes were saved from plantations in deep rural West Kalimantan province, on the Indonesian part of the island, where they got stuck after fires cut off access to their forest home, according to the forestry ministry and the YIARI wildlife rehabilitation foundation.A large fire was burning just 200 metres (656 feet) from where the group of critically endangered primates were found, the ministry and YIARI said in a joint statement.
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THU · 2026-09-10 · 13:30 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0910-110287
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Indonesia rescues 6 orangutans from forest fires in a week
Indonesian authorities and rescuers have saved six orangutans, including two nursing infants, from forest fires on Borneo island within the past week. These rescues bring the total number of orangutans saved in the last month to 15.
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-10 · 13:30 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Indonesian authorities and rescuers have saved six orangutans, including two nursing infants, from forest fires on Borneo island within the past week. These rescues bring the total number of orangutans saved in the last month to 15. The apes were found stranded on plantations in rural West Kalimantan province after fires blocked their access to their forest habitat. A large fire was discovered just 200 meters away from the location where this latest group of critically endangered primates was rescued. The forestry ministry and the YIARI wildlife rehabilitation foundation jointly announced these findings.
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A total of 15 orangutans have been rescued in the past month.
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A large fire was burning 200 meters from where the orangutans were found.
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The rescued orangutans were found in plantations in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia.
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Six orangutans, including two nursing infants, were rescued from forest fires in Borneo in the past week.
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