Many forest fire hotspots on steep slopes in hard-to-reach areas of North
Smog blankets Chiang Mai town again on Tuesday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa)
Chiang Mai had the world’s worst air pollution again on Tuesday morning, with an air quality index (AQI) of 180, according to the air-pollution monitoring website IQAir.
Forest fires and agricultural burning continued to be the main causes of the extremely unhealthy air, officials said.
Hotspots were mostly found in forests on steep slopes that are difficult to reach in Fang, Phrao and Chiang Dao districts, where officials have been deployed to contain the situation, said Chatchawan Panya, deputy governor of the northern province.
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