Firefighters, equipped with more than 20 fire trucks and five backhoes, are trying to extinguish fires at an illegal landfill site in Bang Pu sub-district of Samut Prakan, which has been raging for more than six hours.

Massive Fire Erupts at Sri Racha Landfill

Thick white smoke is blanketing nearby communities, affecting about 200 households. A temporary evacuation shelter has been set up at a convention hall in Bang Pu but most of the residents are refusing to evacuate.

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By Thai PBS World