1.   A thick health-threatening haze has blanketed parts of Indonesia and has drifted over neighboring Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, parts of the Philippines and southern Thailand.

2.   Haze blanketed the communities, where residents waited anxiously for news.

3.   Last year, thick haze blanketed the region, including neighboring Malaysia and Singapore, for months because of forest fires in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

4.   Mild haze has blanketed Kuala Lumpur this week as winds blew in smoke from Borneo and Sumatra.

5.   Most of Malaysia and parts of neighboring countries have been blanketed by haze in recent months due to forest fires in Indonesia.

6.   Sydney was again blanketed by haze from the fires, prompting warnings to people with breathing difficulties.

7.   Sydney was once again blanketed by haze from the fires, prompting warnings to people with breathing difficulties.