His Majesty the King graciously ordered 500 bags of relief to be delivered yesterday to refugees left homeless by a fire at Ban Mae Surin camp in Mae Hong Son's Khun Yuam district.
Wilas Rujiwattanapong, who heads a disaster mitigation unit at the Rajaprajanukroh Foundation, presented the bags to Mae Hong Son Governor Nareumol Palawat.
They will be given to Karen and Karenni people, most of who fled fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel troops.
The fire, thought to have stemmed from a cooking accident, on Friday killed 37 people, injured dozens of others and left some 2,000 homeless.
Army chief General Prayuth Chanocha said he had instructed Army Region 3 to dispatch soldiers to urgently aid the victims in this most unfortunate event. He hoped the tragedy would be a lesson for people - to be cautious in daily activities to prevent fires in the future.
Prayuth also commented that, although Thailand observed humanitarian principles to aid war refugees, national security agencies wondered whether to repatriate these people on a voluntary basis, as they had stayed for a long time and their country of origin was now relatively calm.
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