The fires was fully recovered on 3 April with firefighters took eight days to put out,[24] while haze fully disappeared on 13 April.[2] After the forest fires, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Madius Tangau has present his solution on the issues to prevent it from recurring in the future as "prevention is much better than to cure".[3] As an appreciation to all firefighters involved in the operation, the Malaysian main private media company, Media Prima has presented a total of RM26,000 aid.[25]