It was quickly apparent that the blasts were too close for comfort, and the decision was made to flee.
“We were alarmed, shocked,” said Ms Sopa Suayprakhon, 54, a rice farmer from Ban Kruat district in Thailand’s Buriram province, bordering Cambodia.
She said villagers estimated that the blasts on July 25 were less than a kilometre away.
Similar scenes have been playing out at hot spots along the long, porous and disputed border Thailand shares with Cambodia since fighting erupted on July 24 .
Both countries have accused each other o f starting the conflict and shown little appetite for de-escalation.
But he said that, after an hour, the Thai government backtracked on its decision on the ceasefire.
“Therefore, the key to resolving the current armed conflict between Thailand and Cambodia is the genuine willingness of the Thai side to accept a ceasefire,” he said. »