Fires being set on the hill next to Hin Lek Fai

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Fires being set on the hill next to Hin Lek Fai

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Not a good quality photo (only have tablet with me), but somebody is setting a series of fires this evening. I hope they know what they're doing.
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In the very poor photo, you can see 2 fires, but there are a lot more being set.
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I think they started since morning. You could see the line of smoke above the hills from Smorphrong.
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Possibly, maybe I'm only seeing them as the sun went down. Quite worrying now, with all the dry weather.
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Down on Chomsin Rd, at our local noodle shop this afternoon were about 8 'rescue' men with their pick-up fitted with bench seats..all had leather belts c/w big water bottles..so I presumed they'd been busy somewhere..?
But was today's fire a controlled-burn or were these guys up there to put it out..?
2 days ago I cycled over the hilltop behind Black Mtn..& all along the summit where I was riding had been burnt-out.
(Seems only the bamboo leaves on the ground had been carpet-burned..was the same happening up on HLF..?)
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Actually, now you mention it, there a big chunk of Hin Lek Fai that has been burnt out - just before the junction, where you turn right for the final climb. Maybe kids. maybe we've got a pyromaniac. Certainly looking at the location of today's fires, it is off the beaten track, so unlikely to have been accidental.
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I got home just now and the patio all around the house and the roof is covered in small pieces of black ash. Something has been burning around Tab Tai today.
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You have agriculture near you JD, so maybe some semi-legitimate reason for burning. The area where tonight's fires were spotted is little more than forest/jungle.
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The fires are still burning
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