A Bangkok woman prepares to float her krathong at the Chao Phraya River bank during last year's festival. (Bangkok Post file photo)It's Loy Krathong time once again. Apart from waste, there are also concerns over safety, especially since flying lanterns became particularly popular over the past few years. Indeed, flying lanterns can also be dangerous for the general public, in particular when the burning tributes come down on people's houses. Last year one northerner shared a post on Facebook showing how fireballs spilling off a flying krathong damaged a car outside their property and potentially could have set the wooden houses in their neighbourhood on fire.

Source: Bangkok Post October 31, 2017 21:33 UTC