Large amounts of smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spread to countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and East Timor. Air quality declined in affected regions, respiratory disease cases surged, and oxygen cylinders and air purifiers became popular. According to news from the French side on the 18th, AA Alive, a medical equipment company located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is operating at full capacity to expedite the delivery of oxygen cylinders. Rafina Fieldous, a member of the company's sales team, said, “Due to the smog, our sales increased 35%.” “From September 28 to October 12, sales of air purifiers increased 600% over the same period last year,” Courts, a consumer electronics retailer in Southeast Asia, said in a statement. Singaporean retailer Gain City said that sales of air purifiers “have gradually increased in recent weeks. Since October 9, they have risen sharply, and have now reached 9 times that of the beginning of the smog season in August.”

Large amounts of smoke from forest fires in Indonesia spread to countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and East Timor. Air quality declined in affected regions, respiratory disease cases surged, and oxygen cylinders and air purifiers became popular. According to news from the French side on the 18th, AA Alive, a medical equipment company located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is operating at full capacity to expedite the delivery of oxygen cylinders. Rafina Fieldous, a member of the company's sales team, said, “Due to the smog, our sales increased 35%.” “From September 28 to October 12, sales of air purifiers increased 600% over the same period last year,” Courts, a consumer electronics retailer in Southeast Asia, said in a statement. Singaporean retailer Gain City said that sales of air purifiers “have gradually increased in recent weeks. Since October 9, they have risen sharply, and have now reached 9 times that of the beginning of the smog season in August.”