Preah Vihear blaze razes timber
A blaze authorities have attributed to a forest fire ripped through a nearly 4,000-cubic-metre timber stockpile on a social land concession in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district on the weekend, although the company yesterday said it suspected a case of arson.
Si Kiri, Preah Vihear provincial police chief, said that the forest fire spread to the timber stockpiles of Green Country JSC Co on 26 February evening. However, it was not until 9am on 27 February that the company requested help from the authorities, by which time the blaze was out of control.
