Firefighters working on extinguishing flames in Chiang Mai’s Si Lanna National Park managed to get to a turtle in time.
Park officials along with local villagers and volunteers spent all Thursday morning putting up fire breaks to contain the fire that broke out inside the park, which covers 260,800 acres of mountainous area in Phrao, Mae Taeng, and Chiang Dao districts.
“We saw wildlife running away from the flames, including this turtle that was trying to escape the fire that was consuming its home, ” the national park chief, Phuphichit Chuaybamrung, said.
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry on Thursday dispatched three helicopters to get water from a dam in Mae Taeng district to help put out the fire. It took more than 10 flights before the fire was put out.
As of Thursday Chiang…
