Mad rush for oxygen tanks, air purifiers in haze-choked Southeast Asia

Families scramble to buy devices to keep indoor air clean as toxic haze from the Indonesia forest fires persists

At AA Alive, a medical equipment company based just outside Kuala Lumpur, employees were working at full capacity to deliver oxygen bottles, with officials saying sales were rocketing.

“We have seen a 35 per cent increase in sales because of the haze,” Rafina Firdaus, a member of AA Alive’s sales team, said during a visit.