Park officials wage uphill battle to control forest fires in Chiang Mai

BANGKOK: National Park officials continued to fight what seemed like unending forest fires in the lower districts of Chiang Mai on Sunday (March 3), blaming local villagers for restarting fires due to their wrong belief that they were good for vegetation.

Park officials from the 16th protected area administration office, backed up by Kamov KA-32 helicopter, were still trying to halt fires in forests straddling Mae Wang, Hot and Mae Chaem districts.