Here’s another possible reason why you’re smelling that smoggy haze-like in the air these days — according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), there were a total of 94 wildfires that they put out this month alone.
121 vegetation fires occured across Singapore so far this year, with the bulk of them taking place in March. The biggest case was the one at Yishun Ring Road on March 2, where blaze spread the span of five by 10 metres and took an hour for firefighters to put out.
The revelation comes after queries from the media, who were looking to corroborate National Environment Agency’s attribution of the burning smell was due in part to vegetation fires. The agency also mentioned that hot spots in the northern part of Southeast Asia could also contribute to the slight decline in air quality over the past few days.
Despite almost reaching 100 cases of grass fires this month alone, SCDF assures that the number of similar fires for the first three months in the year is relatively lower than in 2015 and 2014.
