Bangkok: Chiang Mai begins to face smog and toxic dust. After several forest fires broke out Including in Ob Luang National Park. south of city The officers mobilized their forces to extinguish the fire throughout the night and found that 200 rai of forest area had been damaged.
Sky conditions over Chiang Mai throughout the morning. Covered by forest fire smoke where the wind blows from the outer districts into the city of Chiang Mai This causes visibility to decrease, but PM2.5 dust values ??have increased to several points at the orange level. by hourly dust values ??from the Climate Change Information Center Chiang Mai University at 10:00 a.m. in the Faculty of Social Sciences area, CMU, measured as high as 113 micrograms per cubic meter. And in many areas in Chiang Mai city, dust levels exceed standard levels in many places. The highest hourly dust level was at Hot District Hospital, measuring 212 micrograms per cubic meter.
The main cause is still forest fires in many places. Today in Chiang Mai, as ma
ny as 38 hot spots were found in seven districts, most of them in the Mae Chaem and Hot districts. which is south of Chiang Mai city by the increased dust values Part of it was caused by a forest fire in Ob Luang National Park, Hot District, since yesterday. The officials mobilized more than 200 personnel to extinguish fires on the ground throughout the day and night. along with a KA32 helicopter of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation who sprinkled water to put out fires more than 50 times by Mr. Nirat Phongsitthaworn Governor of Chiang Mai Province Firefighting commander was able to extinguish the forest fire last night. But there were still fires that erupted from time to time. It is believed that it was burned in order to hunt for forest products. It was found that more than 200 rai of forest area had been damaged
Source: Thai News Agency