Protecting Wilderness: Fighting Raging Forest Fires

More than 250 firefighters from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) have been deployed to the western forest complex to combat raging fires.

With a whopping 1,600 hectares of forest already devastated, these brave souls are working tirelessly to prevent further destruction.

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) issued alarming warnings regarding the threat of forest fires in nine provinces, intensifying the urgency of the situation.

The western forest complex, particularly the Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary, has been plagued by over 200 hotspots in the past week. However, the combined efforts of the dedicated firefighters, aided by helicopters, have managed to reduce the number to approximately 60. Their unwavering determination is the only thing standing between the…