Disasters
Fires
Special Report: Under the Haze – Demystifying the Flames
Under last year’s haze that shrouded the region and sent over two million people to hospital, concerned authorities and policymakers have started to dispel the myth that has lasted for over 16 years, demystifying it and discovering the root causes; the vastly burned forests and ...
Chemical plant fire near Bangkok continues to burn, 5km evacuation radius still in force
Samut Prakan provincial administration has posted on its Facebook page to confirm that the evacuation zone remains within a 5km radius of the chemical factory, which caught fire early Monday morning.Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) also posted on Twitter asking the public ...