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Over 500 fires in northern Thailand spark alarm
More than half of the 1,005 fires recorded in Thailand on Wednesday were in the North, causing dangerous levels of pollution, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency.The three provinces with the highest number of fires were Chiang Mai (205), Tak (156), and ...
The Nation Reporter
Forest chiefs set to assess fire damage
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is going to survey forest areas damaged by fires, in particular Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary in Chiang Mai province where conservationists have expressed concerns over changes in the ecological system caused by the blazes. Keep reading ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
Fires push Mae Hong Son pollution to 150mg
Fire-fighters and volunteers in Mae Hong Son are battling brush fires along highways and on mountains day and night despite woodlands being officially sealed off. The fires have for almost five consecutive days smothered the northern province in a haze of small-particle dust that is ...
Tossapon Boonpat
