Smoke from forest fires in Cambodia floats to Trat province. Photos: Naewna

 

by TNR Staff

 

PEOPLE living in large parts of eastern Trat province are suffering from toxic smoke that drifted across the border from forest fires raging in Cambodia despite the Thai military having built an understanding with the neighbouring country that this should not occur, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 1).

 

Trat Governor Mr. Chamnanwit Teerat said he had received complaints from residents of Mueang, Klong Yai and Bo Rai districts that they were suffering from PM2.5 pollution as a result of forest fires raging in Cambodia’s Koh Kong and Pursat provinces.

 

“The forest fires along the border on Khao Banthat Mountain Range are getting worse and Trat, which usually has good air, is now greatly affected by these fires, “official letters have been sent to the governors of Cambodia’s Koh Kong and Pursat provinces asking for cooperation in ensuring these forest fires do not affect Trat people. Although they are breaking out in Cambodian territory, the smoke and soot drifts across the border,” he said.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/02/01/trat-hit-by-toxic-smoke-from-forest-fires-in-cambodia/

 

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

PEOPLE living in large parts of eastern Trat province are suffering from toxic smoke that drifted across the border from forest fires raging in Cambodia despite the Thai military having built an understanding with the neighbouring country that this should not occur

Thou shalt not burn?

Not to blame only Cambodians.. Chineses brings their best .. Including the Thais of course..????

Pot calling the kettle black

 

 

Most hotspots appear to be in Thailand. Sugar, rice and corn are cashcows for dertain conglomerates. Pollution for profit.

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

Not to blame only Cambodians.. Chineses brings their best .. Including the Thais of course..????

Not surprised to see that huge brown blob west of Bangkok. The air quality in Kanchanaburi has been absolutely appalling lately.

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

Pot calling the kettle black

 

 

That's a long way north from Trat province. 

2 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Not to blame only Cambodians.. Chineses brings their best .. Including the Thais of course..????

Not surprised to see that huge brown blob west of Bangkok. The air quality in Kanchanaburi has been absolutely appalling lately.

Just read our local air monitoring station here in Kan.... it's reading 247!!!!

43 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Not surprised to see that huge brown blob west of Bangkok. The air quality in Kanchanaburi has been absolutely appalling lately.

Just read our local air monitoring station here in Kan.... it's reading 247!!!!

I can see and smell it..

Now driving…escaping from the high levels of pollution in Chiang Mai way to the beach with family for 2 months… But I don't get out of this cloud of smoke, it seems that it is following me on my way to the southern coast.

 

Apart of the South, I Don’t know why those 30 millions of tourists chose to visit this hell of smog season. ????

2 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

Most hotspots appear to be in Thailand. Sugar, rice and corn are cashcows for dertain conglomerates. Pollution for profit.

Its caused at the end by the weather inversion layers cold warm cold. Google.

 

Fire is always more or less. The smog is trapped in a layer barrier of this weather phenomena called Inversion.

Thankfully I left Jan 24th and had pretty nice air for my 6 week visit.  My mask would get visually dirty in 1 day in bkk out for 4 hours and the aqi wasn't to high. 

3 hours ago, Tom H said:

Its caused at the end by the weather inversion layers cold warm cold. Google.

 

Fire is always more or less. The smog is trapped in a layer barrier of this weather phenomena called Inversion.

No, it's caused by farmers burning their fields on an industrial scale. The weather can turn water in ice, snow or fog, but not into smoke.