Northern Thailand continues to battle a thick layer of smog with Chiang Mai being ranked as the world’s most polluted metropolis by PM2.5 score for nine days in a row, based on the IQAir website, reports ThaiRath.
The highest air high quality index (AQI) worth was found at the Health Hospital in Ban Khai Hospital in Mae Na Wang subdistrict, Mae Ai district, Chiang Mai province, measuring at a hazardous 411 μg/m3.
At Ba Pa Nai Hospital in Phrao district, Chiang Mai province, the AQI measured at 323 μg/m3 yesterday. In the Mueang Chiang Mai district, the AQI measured at 210 μg/m3.
Air air pollution in Chiang Mai is continually hitting hazardous levels and hospitals are inundated with patients with respiratory issues, according to Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Medicine.
In the primary three months of the yr, 12,671 patients sought treatment for respiration and different pollution-related well being points on the 1,400-bed Maharaj Nakhorn Chiang Mai Hospital. There are just too many sufferers for everyone to receive therapy, the hospital stated on Saturday.
On the weekend, officers discovered 13 forest fire hotspots contained in the Doi Suthep – Pui National Park in Hang Dong district.
Officials stated they managed to extinguish all but two of the fires, one near the Tad Ma Hai Waterfall in Mueang Chiang Mai district and a second at Doi Pha Chedi in Ban Pong subdistrict.
The second is particularly regarding as a end result of it could spread to the summit of Doi Pui. Officials from the Department of Disaster Mitigation and Prevention said they’ve the fireplace under management with a KA-32 helicopter and firefighters on the ground.
Fires are additionally burning in Sri Lanna National Park, Pha Daeng National Park, Mae Takhrai National Park and Doi Wiang Phang National Park.
According to satellite information, there are 308 hotspots in Chiang Mai with fifty two in Chiang Dao district, forty six in Fang district, 43 in Mae Taeng district, 38 in Phrao district and 28 in Mae Ai district, reports ThaiRath.
Air air pollution is just as bad in Chiang Rai province the place visibility is very low. A total of 222 hotspots had been detected in Chiang Rai province, with added mud blowing in from fires in neighbouring Myanmar and Laos.
The Governor of Chiang Rai province, Puttipong Sirimat, confirmed that Chiang Rai would not be declared a catastrophe zone and stated the situation is “under control.” However, the AQI in Chiang Rai is a hazardous 210 μg/m3 proper now – 31.8 instances the WHO annual air high quality guideline worth.
A volunteer serving to to extinguish a forest fireplace in Ban Huai Hang in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Chiang Rung district – 34 yr previous Thanu Tuinoi – fell down the mountain and injured his shoulder blade and left arm and was despatched for treatment at Wiang Chiang Rung district.
Another man, 61 12 months outdated Abu Khaewkong, additionally slipped and hit a rock, breaking 5 ribs, while coming back from extinguishing a forest fire on Crocodile Mountain in Chiang Rai.
Thailand’s Pollution Control Department stated that air air pollution currently exceeds the standard in 20 provinces: Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nan, Mae Hong Son, Phayao, Phichit, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae, Nong Khai, Loei, Udon Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Nong Bua Lamphu, Ubon Ratchathani, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Tak, Khamphaeng Phet.
On Research , a volunteer firefighter – 39 year previous Wichai Thimakham – was killed in a forest fireplace in Khun Khan National Park in Chiang Mai..