Trash fire forces hundreds to leave homes
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Residents in three tambons of Sa Kaew's Wattana Nakhon district have been affected - nearly 100 families had to flee from homes - as a fire at a municipal dumpsite sent thick black smoke to areas within its five kilometre radius. The site reportedly conta
Following reports of the blaze at Tambon Wattana Nakhon municipality’s seven-rai dumpster, which affected nearby residents in Tambon Tha Kwian, Wattana Nakhon and Phak Kha, district chief Wutdanai Sawadinareunart Wednesday inspected the scene where three fire engines were still trying to put out the fire. Ban Non Moo 2 village headman Udom Chanmee said the fire had broken out two days earlier and spread among mountainous piles of trash, sending smoke over nearby villages
