BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The tourist town of Pai in Mae Hong Son province is choking with PM2.5 ultra-fine dust at a hazardous 398 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) of air on Thursday (April 6) morning following weeks of forest fires and burning of farmland, the authorities said.
The Mae Hong Son operation centre for tackling forest fires and smog added that the PM2.5 level in Muang district was measured at 196 µg/m3 and at 132 µg/m3 in Mae Saring district.
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