Firefighters and helicopters halt huge Chiang Mai forest fire


BANGKOK: Some 250 firefighters backed by two helicopters on Tuesday (Feb 27) managed to halt a forest blaze that raged through 33,000 rai of Ob Luang National Park in Chiang Mai’s Hot district.

The fires were put out just a day after the Third Army Area deployed troops to help fight the blaze and deter local villagers fom setting new fires in the vast national park.

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