Swamp forest fire in South continues into fifth day

NARATHIWAT, July 16 – The peat swamp forest in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat continues burning with a persistent smouldering fire for the fifth day despite heavy rain last night. The blaze has engulfed the hillside area straddling the Toh Dang swamp forest and Plak Pla village in Kosit subdistrict of Tak Bai for five […]

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Satun hit by smoke from Indonesian fires

SATUN, 28 June 2014 (NNT) — The sky over the southern province of Satun has become a blanket of smog, believed to be from Indonesia’s forest fires. According to the Director of Satun’s Natural Resources and Environment office, Thanit Nooyim, the province has been hit by smog from Indonesia which was brought by the strong […]

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