Woman detained for causing forest fire
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published : 3 Jan 2021 at 15:11
20 A Myanmar woman identified only as Lone is arrested for setting a fire in the Khao Laem National Park in Kanchanaburi s Sangkhla Buri district on Saturday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: A woman was arrested on Saturday for setting a fire that burned down part of a forest in the Khao Laem National Park in Sangkhla Buri district.
Tewin Meesap, chief of the Khao Laem National Park, said that at about 3pm park officials noticed billows of smoke over a spot by Highway 323 near Moo 4 in tambon Prang Phle.
When the officials located the source, they saw a woman running out of the forest in a suspicious manner as the fire spread.