Firemen put out forest fires in Kajang near Kuala Lumpur February 15,
2002. Malaysian fire and rescue department has placed all personnel on
alert and launched a special operation to fight forest and peat fires
in several parts of the country as more than 2,000 hectares of forests
had been razed over the last two weeks ago. The fires were thought to
have been caused by a prolonged dry spell. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

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