Turtle pulled to safety in time from forest fire

Feeling the heat: The turtle was trying to escape the fire that was consuming its home. — The Nation/ANN

Firefighters working on extinguishing flames in Chiang Mai’s Si Lanna National Park managed to get to a turtle in time.

Park officials along with local villagers and volunteers spent all Thursday morning putting up fire breaks to contain the fire that broke out inside the park, which covers 260,800 acres of mountainous area in Phrao, Mae Taeng, and Chiang Dao districts.