57 forest, bush fires reported in Brunei since early March

James Kon | Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network | 6 April 2019

 

The Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) issued a statement yesterday thanking the Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd for contributing 20 boxes of mineral water to the personnel of the Jerudong Fire Station.

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On the front line with the Chiang Mai firefighters battling the flames behind the world’s worst air

 Pichayada Promchertchoo @PichayadaCNA |

 

SAMOENG, Thailand: Under a shroud of thick, black smoke, the hill is ablaze.

Men in red uniforms snake through a burning forest in single file, searching for the source of the ferocious fire that has engulfed a large part of the hill in Samoeng district of western Chiang Mai – a northern Thai province that recently reported the worst air quality in the world.

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