BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Officials in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district are prepared to transfer patients from the district hospital to others in the northern province if a fire on Doi Jorakae mountain becomes a health threat, officials at the provincial public health operations centre said on Thursday (April 13).
A wildfire has burned down more than 600 rai of forest in Doi Tung mountain in Chiang Rai, which locals have billed as the worst such disaster in two decades.