Officials investigate fires in different regions
The cause of the fire, which spread from Ok mountain in Tambon Mae Nam to Phra mountain in Tambon Bor Phud of Surat Thani province, was suspected to be forest burning, which got out of control in the dry and hot weather. Up North, a Chiang Mai forensic police team led by Pol Lt Colonel Thanandon Wittayawutthikul on 11 May investigated a fire at an abandoned cloister of Wat Phrathat Doi Kham. They found the fire-starting point at the foot of the hill, about 300 metres from the temple steps. They suspected the cause of the fire – which damaged three rai of the temple area – was arson because there was no other possible heat source, Thanandon said.
