Fishing trawlers, taxi boats hit by haze from Indonesia

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015
Fishing trawlers, taxi boats hit by haze from Indonesia

Haze has been affecting the navigation of small fishing trawlers and taxi boats in Thailand's southern waters.

“The problem comes from forest fires in Indonesia,” the Songkhlabased office of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry announced Friday. 
According to the office, the score of fires meant smoke was blanketing Satun, Phang Nga and Phuket. 
“Air-quality tests show the amount of small particulate matter up to 10 microns in diameter goes up to 126 in Phuket,” the office said.