Hundreds of firefighters tackling fires in western forest complex

In Thailand, about 250 firefighters have been deployed by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to prevent fires in the western forest complex from spreading. So far, 1,600 hectares of forest have been damaged as the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency issues warnings of the threat of forest fires in nine provinces.

Chief of the department’s Forest Fire Prevention and Control Office said that forest fires have started about two weeks earlier this year, due to the dry weather and access to the forests by villagers searching for forest products and wildlife hunting. Western forest complex is a large natural conservation area in Thailand, located in the country's western region.