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.