Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
2 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Environment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra island fuelled by El Niño has razed nearly 300 homes, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, an official said on Tuesday as the country battles devastating blazes and haze.
asserted
country → fuel → blazes
Residents first spotted the fire approaching their village in Bangka Belitung province on Saturday and tried to put it out themselves with portable water pumps, said the head of South Bangka regency, Riza Herdavid.
asserted
head → spot → regency
“They thought it was taken care of.
asserted
it → think → care
But it’s peatland, and there was still a fire smouldering underneath.
asserted
it → ’ → ?
So, when they assumed it was over, the wind shifted and quickly drove the fire toward the settlement.”
The local disaster agency said nearly 1,000 people had fled the village.
“My house is gone,” said Leni, a 55-year-old woman staying at a shelter with her family.
asserted
Leni → assume → family
I could only save myself and take my kids with me ...
uncertain
I → save → me
I panicked and didn’t have the time to grab anything.”
asserted
I → panic → anything
Another survivor, Haryanti, 50, said strong winds had fuelled the flames, which had torn through homes that were made mostly of wood.
asserted
that → say → wood
“I immediately ran to save myself.
asserted
I → run → myself
None of my belongings survived ... only the clothes on my back,” she said.
asserted
she → survive → back
Riza said the village had been built on what used to be peatland in a protected area, but which was converted into a housing complex last year.
asserted
which → say → complex
Indonesia regularly has wildfires during the dry season, but they have been more intense this year because of the El Niño weather phenomenon, which is forecast to be one of the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago.
asserted
records → have → strongest
Experts also point to slash-and-burn land clearances that have changed the naturally fire-resistant landscape of Sumatra and Borneo islands.
asserted
that → point → islands
This year’s fires have created severe haze locally, with tens of thousands of cases of respiratory illnesses, and caused air pollution spikes in Singapore and Malaysia.
Thick smoke in a province of Borneo has also grounded water-bombing aircraft, according to the disaster agency.
Indonesia’s president, Prabowo Subianto, ordered the government on Monday to mobilise maximum efforts to extinguish wildfires that have been raging for three months in some places.
uncertain
that → create → places
The cabinet secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, said the government had deployed more than 60,000 personnel on the ground.
asserted
government → say → ground
The Aporia
