Further in July, around 2,318.88 hectares (5,730.1 acres) of forest and farmlands in Pa Phru Kuan Kreng of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province and surrounding areas in southern Thailand have been destroyed by fires.[1] In September, haze from Indonesia plantation fires reached the southern area of Thailand especially in Phuket City.[44] The Air Quality Index in Phuket reached about 158 as of 9am on 23 September 2019.[45]