RI haze back in Thailand

RI haze back in Thailand

BANGKOK (AFP): Smog from Indonesian forest fires has returned to southern Thailand with the air quality deteriorating after an improvement last week, the Pollution Control Department said yesterday.

Department deputy director general Pornchai Taranatham said the provinces of Trang, Surat Thani, Narathiwat and Songkhla were most affected.

"From the latest report (Tuesday), it's quite obvious that the visibility and quality of air are lower compared to a couple of days ago," Pornchai said.

The haze began to worsen Monday night, with the level of particulates in the air reaching the hazardous limit of 120 micrograms per cubic meter in Trang and 90 micrograms per cubic meter in Songkhla overnight, he said.