Northern provinces fighting against smog from Myanmar

BANGKOK, 16 March 2016 (NNT) - The northern provinces have imposed measures to prevent and control forest fires due to wildfire smoke from the neighboring country.

The Department of Pollution Control on Tuesday announced that the amount of particulate matter was last measured at 115 micrograms/cubic meter in Mueang district. In Mae Sai district on the Thai-Myanmar borders, the level of particulate matter was 152 micrograms/cubic meter which was higher than safe levels, said the department.

In Chiang Rai, a ban on all types of burning is imposed for 60 days, or from 17 February -16 April. Manpower and equipment have been prepared to handle the smog.

In Mae Hong Son, a Big Cleaning Day activity will take place from 16 -31 March. The provincial disaster prevention and mitigation are working with local administrative organization in spraying water mist into the air to increase humidity.

The amount of particulate matter in Mae Hong Son on Tuesday was 134 micrograms/cubic meter.

-- NNT 2016-03-16

^{Northern provinces fighting against smog from Myanmar}

^{Then does this mean that the Northeast provinces are fighting smog from the Northern provinces??}

Trying to blame Myanmar when you can look outside here in the the north see plumes of smoke rising, blackened fields and hedgerows, mountains disappearing and a huge rise in respiratory disorders.

Get your own house in order before blaming the neighbours.

Trying to blame Myanmar when you can look outside here in the the north see plumes of smoke rising, blackened fields and hedgerows, mountains disappearing and a huge rise in respiratory disorders.

Get your own house in order before blaming the neighbours.

It's hard to deny that the Myanmar fires aren't effecting the Mae Sai district on the Thai-Myanmar borders to Chiang Rai as pointed out in the OP. Also Mae Hong Son borders Myanmar and in the fire zone. No mention of Chiang Mai in the OP which does have its own localized burning problems. FIRMS Web Fire Mapper.

Up in Nong Khai every day for almost a week has been sunny, but smoggy and hazy.

Khao Koh - thick smog

Edited March 16, 201610 yr by wabothai

Where has Doi Suthep gone? It must be those pesky Burmese again.

Ah, thank God for that. The Thai farmers have proven blameless; it's all down to those pesky Burmese.

As we do every year , my wife and I leave for a few months to the south a few hundred clicks south of Bangkok. We will be back in Chiang Mai when the air is better !!

We never bought a house or condominium, so we just stop the rent of the place were we stay at the moment and go.....

Best regards.