Wildfire smoke has covered Chiang Mai city for a week. Air quality is ranked 3rd worst in the world. In some areas, PM 2.5 levels are as high as 603 micrograms/cubic meter. while Ang Thong farmers illegally continued to burn The sky in Chiang Mai city is still filled with forest fire smog for more than a week. High pollution levels are causing people's eyes and noses to hurt. Some people have allergic skin rashes. Must wear a mask Especially people who are outdoors. Some people wear masks with up to 2 layers, visibility is poor. Cars must have their headlights on. While the Climate Change Information Center Chiang Mai University Hourly air quality report in the area of ??Ban Pang Mayao Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Ping Khong Subdistrict, Chiang Dao District at 7:00 a.m. rose as high as 603 micrograms per cubic meter. Ban Hua Tho, Ping Khong Subdistrict, Chiang Dao District, 445 micrograms per cubic meter. IQ Air website Reported at approximately 11:00 a.m., ranking Chiang Mai Air quality is the 3rd worst in the world. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is 199 micrograms per cubic meter. While this morning Found as many as 89 hot spots, distributed in 17 districts, in Chiang Dao District, the most were 32 spots. Ang Thong part In a rice field along the Ban Khao Buat-Ang Kaeo road, Khok Phutsa Subdistrict, Pho Thong District, farmers burned rice stubble after harvesting, causing a wide fire. and spread to trees on the roadside more than 100 meters long, resulting in smoke covering the area to the point where passing vehicles could not be seen. In addition to this point, it was found that in many other places there were still farmers who illegally set fire to the rice stubble fields. To prepare the area for continuous farming causing the heating value in the floor to continually increase Despite warnings from relevant agencies Refrain from burning rice stubble after harvest. Because it affects both increasing pollution and also causing the temperature to rise. But farmers in the area still violate and burn rice stubble. This is because many people rush to plant rice before the dry season. In addition, the price of rice is still high, at 10,000 baht per ton, causing farmers to take the risk of rushing to burn stubble to adjust the rice farming area instead of plowing it, which takes a lot of time. Relevant agencies will come out and ask for cooperation to refrain from burning all types of weeds in the open. But it was found that there were violations of illegal burning every day. Until there were calls for the law to be strictly enforced with both imprisonment and fines. To reduce such problems. Source: Thai News Agency