Raging wildfires scorch 40 000 ha (98 800 acres) of land in northwestern Thailand
Multiple wildfires have been burning across northwestern Thailand’s Mae Hong Son Province since March 1, 2024, scorching nearly 40 000 ha (98 800 acres) of land.
According to local media reports, one firefighter has died of a heart attack while on foot patrol in the Bo Klua district of Nan, while two others are suffering from heat stroke and cerebral hemorrhage.
From March 1 to 3, a total of 1 153 hotspots have been recorded in the province, including 646 in Pai district.
According to the JRC Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), the total burnt area over the last week across Mae Hong Son Province reached nearly 40 000 ha (98 800 acres).
Atthaphon Charoenchansa, the director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said that the department will make use of its emergency fund to hire villagers for a period of two and a half months, to help in fire-fighting efforts.
The province is on the border with Myanmar where fires are also raging, compounding the challenges for firefighting and control efforts. These fires have not only put a significant strain on local resources but also raised concerns regarding air quality and health impacts in the region.
Mae Hong Son Province, known for its mountainous terrain and dense forests, is particularly vulnerable to wildfires. The dry season, which typically runs from late November to April, creates conditions conducive to the spread of fire.
The province’s geographical location, adjacent to Myanmar, adds complexity to the firefighting efforts as fires do not recognize political boundaries. Coordination between the two countries is crucial for effective fire management and control.
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As I explained in my article that was published in Nexus Magazine almost 4 years ago, the wildfire crisis will become worse and the reason has to do with the Sun. The Helical Sun – Nexus Magazine This year the records will be broken in both Northern and Southern hemispheres. However, the media which is controlled by the advocates of man-made climate change is blaming human for the increase of wildfire. Nothing could be further from the truth, fossil evidence show that increased wildfire activity occurs in tandem with periods of global warming in Earth’s past sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001282522100372
Nexus Magazine is NOT a publisher of peer-reviewed science. Indeed, much of what it publishes is not science at all. According to Wikipedia, “Nexus Magazine promotes far-right conspiracy theories and propaganda that is especially in line with American militias and their world views.”
The same view of the Nexus Group is held by the highly repected Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
I also checked your reference for sciencedirect. Unfortunately, despite my looking under your given reference, your name and under topic headings, both separately and together, I was unable to find it your article. I could find no publications in sciencedirect at all under your name.
Here is a short quotation from another journal: “The study found that climate has a direct impact on the intensity of forest fires and PM2.5 dust pollution. In northern Thailand, the effects of climate change are particularly severe.”
Ref: Monitoring Climate Change and Air Quality Project Initiative: A Case Study of the Collaboration between ECSTAR and Terospace in Thailand. Published in the Journal of Environmental Protection. Vol.14 No.3, March 2023.
All reputable and scientifically reviewed journals accept the science of climate change. If you oppose the OVERWHELMING opinion of climate scientists and all the published evidence from many fields of science that corroborate the enormous bodies of work done by climate scientists, you are truly outside the mainstream and ought to point that out when you make your claims.