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Thailand orders stubble burning crackdown as pollution spikes

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Thai government orders crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning.

Pollution spiked in Bangkok on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools to close.

Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble combines with vehicle and factory emissions to send air pollution soaring.

Last week , Bangkok authorities closed more than 350 schools as pollution soared, but no such order was given Friday .