Clove Trees Burned
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Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A forest fire raging in northern Sumatra has destroyed 400,000 clove trees and 2,500 acres of pine forests for an estimated loss of at least $25 million, the newspaper Merdeka reported Friday. It said the fire threatens thousands more acres of commercial crops and forests in Aceh province, about 1,125 miles northwest of Jakarta.
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