A prominent temple in northeastern Thailand, Wat Mahathat in Nakhon Phanom province, has suspended cremation services due to a regional fuel shortage. The temple’s environmentally friendly cremation furnace requires approximately 90 litres of fuel per service, costing about 3,000 baht. Local gas stations have implemented strict rationing measures, limiting individual purchases to 500 baht and refusing to sell fuel in containers, leading to the suspension of cremation services. This crisis heavily impacts the destitute who rely on the temple for affordable funeral rites. The ongoing fuel shortages in Thailand are part of a broader crisis in Southeast Asia due to disruptions in oil imports from the Middle East.
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