Pollution-hit Bangkok closes hundreds of schools and offers free public transport

Government orders ban on burning of leftover crops and says train and bus services will be free from Saturday

Air pollution in Thailand’s capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years.

Bangkok officials announced free public transport for a week in a bid to reduce traffic in a city notorious for noxious exhaust fumes.

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