Thai popular resort island Phuket shrouded in haze caused by Indonesian fires


BANGKOK (ANN): Thailand's popular resort island of Phuket was shrouded in haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia on Monday (Sept 23) with air quality reaching "unhealthy" levels.

At 9am, the Air Quality Index (AQI) hit 158, according to the Beijing-based real-time website aquicn.org.

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