Fires destroy hundreds of hectares of forest in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom

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Hundreds of hectares of forest in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom provinces have been destroyed by a fire that raged on Monday and Tuesday, according to provincial authorities.

 

The blaze, which authorities said was caused by human negligence, destroyed both natural forest and state-administered forest where trees had been planted over a number of years.

 

Oeng Vutheara, head of Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei Forestry Administration, told The Post on Wednesday that the fire razed over 200ha of forest at Trapaing Thma village in Banteay Srei district’s Khun Ream commune.

 

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