Hell in the Hills: A Day with Lampang's Farang Firefighter
March 25, 2021
In order to gain a better understanding of the causes of the annual inferno that overtakes northern Thailand I went to the frontlines of the fires and travelled to the ‘horse carriage city’ of Lampang to meet up with Peter Ferdinand. He and his Thai wife, Nittaya Charee, own and operate a successful small food business just outside the city of Lampang. Their ranch of a few staff members, six dogs, six puppies and somewhere between 20 and 30 chickens sells sausages, mashed potatoes and condiments like jam and mustard to hotels all across Thailand. Peter is a thoughtful and soft spoken man, a man of many skills, but now that the season is upon us, he has put on his metaphorical, and literal, fireman’s hat. Fighting fires is serious business.
