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Bangkok Post – 6k hotspots detected in the region

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A fire is raging near the Thai-Cambodian border with Trat province on Sunday. (Photo: Jakkrit Waewklaihong)

Almost 6,000 hotspots were detected in neighbouring countries on Sunday, with at least 4,000 of them located in Cambodia, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).

The satellite images, collected by the Suomi NPP satellite, revealed 5,823 hotspots in neighbouring countries. Cambodia has the highest number, at 4,056, followed by Myanmar at 979, Laos at 622 and Vietnam at 166.

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