An orangutan rescued from a fire zone in West Kalimantan, Borneo on 2026-08-30 was found by a farmer named Jais and is now battling respiratory illness caused by smoke exposure. The province has been hard-hit by raging forest fires.
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Orangutan rescued from fire zone in Indonesia's Borneo, battles respiratory illness Reuters
On Sunday morning, Jais, a farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan on Borneo island – the province hardest-hit by raging forest fires – was en route to his farm when he found an orangutan writhing on the ground in a weak state on a palm-oil plantation near the fire site. “It was very weak, then I gave it water,” said Jais, who only goes by one name. Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain haz