Air pollution in Singapore reached unhealthy levels Thursday due to smoke from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia, officials said.The National Environment Agency (NEA) said the situation had deteriorated since Wednesday, the first day the haze was detected in the city-state.
The three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) recording rose to 108 as of 6:00 pm (1000 GMT), according to data on the NEA's website. A PSI reading between 101-200 is considered unhealthy. Full story
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