He went on to say that after the horrific fires of 2020, when villagers fought against fires on the Doi Suthep-Pui mountain range for 41 days, the villagers of Ban Doi Pui village have since created a ten metre wide and 22 kilometre long firewall around this village.
However, in spite of working closely with the community, he said, there were still some people that started fires. To that end, the recent donation of 300,000 baht from Chiang Mai’s business community has come in handy and has allowed the villagers to increase their drone patrols from three to ten drones. This means that once a fire is spotted, authorities can be alerted immediately and firefighters sent off to extinguish the flames. If you wish to donate towards the Wat Pa Lad initiatives please donate to this account at Krung Thai bank 5210128709.
