The haze crisis in Indonesia brought on by forest fires has prompted people in the Riau region to pray by the thousands for rain.

Footage shows hundreds of Muslims performs the "Istisga", a special form of prayer requesting rain, in Pekanbaru yesterday (September 11), in hopes that it would put out the massive forest fires causing the smog.

The prayer was held in the yard of the Riau Governor's Office, and the Deputy Governor of Riau Edy Natar Nasution was also present.

Vehicles passing through the Gajah Mada road area penetrate the smog that is increasingly concentrated in the impact of land and forest fires in Riau and Sumatra, and the smog on Wednesday (11/9) this morning disrupted the visibility of the Air Pollution Standard Index Board (ISPU), which was ahead Pekanbaru City Public Service Mall in Unhealthy status Morning sun (Sunrise) shrouded in haze in the Pekanbaru Zapin area, A thick haze that envelops the area due to forest fires and land that is increasingly widespread and occurs in a number of regions in Indonesia Muslims call for prayers rain (Istisqa) in the yard of the Riau Governor's Office, Istisqa Prayer was also present Deputy Riau Governor Edy Natar Nasution and Forkopimda and participated by TNI-Polri, ASN, Students and the Riau community expect rain to reduce the haze that is increasingly dense the impact of land fires and forests in the Riau and Sumatra regions