Wildfires in Northern Thailand and neighbouring countries are causing a dangerous choking smog that’s seriously effecting people health. Pollution Control officials have warned people with respiratory conditions to stay indoors.
Fires burning in Northern Thailand, Myanmar and Laos have caused unsafe smog in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces, Atthapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Pollution Control Department, said on Thursday.
Air quality was especially serious in Chiang Rai, where particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and less in diameter (PM2.5) reached 300 microgrammes per cubic meter of air over the past 24 hours. The safe threshold in Thailand is set at 50 μg/m³.
The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency has reported 5,183 hotspots in Laos, 5,115 in Myanmar, 1,554 in Cambodia, 1,415 in Vietnam and 1,278 in Thailand.
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