Australian crew begins water bombing Indonesia fires

An Australian aerial firefighting team has touched down in Sumatra, Indonesia and will begin water bombing forest fires from Wednesday.

An Australian aerial fire-fighting crew has arrived in Indonesia to help water bomb forest fires. (AAP)

An Australian aerial fire-fighting crew has arrived in Indonesia to help water bomb raging forest fires.

A water tank aircraft and turbo commander plane have touched down in Sumatra and will start operations on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says.

She has expressed gratitude to the NSW Rural Fire Service for rapidly responding to Indonesia's request for assistance and also praised the Victorian government for providing personnel.