Hundreds of firefighters deployed to combat hotspots caused by agricultural burning in Thailand
Published date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:54:58 +0700
Around 1,670 firefighters have been deployed to tackle hotspots caused by agricultural burning in northern Thailand.
Authorities dispatched the firefighters to high-risk areas across Chiang Mai province on March 29 after the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) detected some 343 hotspot fires in the region.