The fire has affected at least 800,000sq m of forest across three hills in the Nakhon Nayok province.
The fire has affected at least 800,000sq m of forest across three hills in Nakhon Nayok province, to the northeast of the Thai capital, with two districts declared emergency zones.
Wittaya Muntpun of the forestry department said efforts to tackle the blaze were being hampered by the difficult terrain. The fire is not threatening any major population centres but it is close to the edge of the Khao Yai National Park, the kingdom's oldest national park and part of a Unesco-listed forest complex stretching to the Cambodian border.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has dispatched his interior minister to coordinate operations on the ground, his office said in a statement.
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