Rush to repair fire-hit MRT track and reopen service tomorrow
THE Department of Rail Transport the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) have been instructed to urgently complete repairs of a fire-hit track between MRT Tao Poon and Bang Pho stations that led to the entire system being shut down so that hopefully trains could start running again tomorrow (Sep. 21), Amarin TV […]
Read MoreFire guts 15 houses at Makkasan community in Sukhumvit Soi 3
A FIRE that broke out in the middle of the night at Makkasan community in Sukhumvit Soi 3 destroyed 15 houses with one person having died in the blaze, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said this morning (Sept. 1). At 2.35 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Wallop Isariyasakunwong, an investigating officer at Phaya Thai police station, […]
Read MoreFire-hit Klong Thom Centre to be demolished while PM2.5 level soars
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said this afternoon (Aug. 29) that Klong Thom Centre in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district would have to be demolished as it has suffered a hundred percent damage in the huge blaze that started at 8.45 p.m. last night and only extinguished at 5 a.m. this morning, Naewna newspaper said. […]
Read More3 nightspots temporarily shut as BMA mounts sweep
IN the aftermath of the big blaze at a beer hall in Soi Ladprao 1, Chatuchak district, close to midnight last Sunday (July 12) Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (July 16) temporarily closed three nightspots that did not meet safety standards with rigorous inspections being mounted across the city’s 50 districts, PPTVHD36 and Amarin […]
Read MoreNegligence suspected in beer hall fire that killed 27
POLICE said initial assessment of the cause of the big blaze at a beer hall close to midnight last night (July 12) that killed 27 people and injured 63 others could be negligence with evidence still being gathered to pinpoint what sparked the deadly fire, MNG Online and Naewna newspaper said today. Pol. Gen. […]
Read MoreBangkok pub fire kills at least 27 people, officials say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News AN EXPLOSIVE fire at a popular pub in Bangkok has killed 27 people, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other officials said this morning (July 13), in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years. “We have recovered 27 bodies, others are being sent […]
Read MoreFire erupts at Rama VI road community, some houses gutted
A FIRE broke out at a community in Soi 15 off Rama VI road early this morning (June 8) with four to five houses gutted and one injured person sent to Central Hospital for treatment, Amarin TV and PPTVHD36 said. At 7.51 a.m. a report was received via 199 emergency hotline of the blaze […]
Read MoreShort circuit likely sparked Pattaya hotel fire
By Naewna and Thai Newsroom AN initial inquiry of a fire that raced across the seventh-floor rooftop bar of a Pattaya hotel late last night (May 21) suggests that it was likely caused by a short circuit with four people injured and rushed to the hospital. Ten fire trucks quickly arrived at J.A. Plus […]
Read MoreUrgent – Pattaya hotel ablaze, guests being rescued
A FIRE broke out at a hotel in Pattaya at 9 p.m. this evening (May 21) with many guests and staff trapped within and firefighters currently working on rescuing them, PPTVHD36 said. Fortunately there were no initial reports of injuries or fatalities. Fire & Rescue Thailand said on Facebook at 10 p.m. that the […]
Read MoreBerserk Irish man sets fire to condo in Pattaya
IN A fit of jealous rage an Irish man torched his own condominium in Pattaya in the dead of the night locking his girlfriend and child within with the building’s fire alarm also not sounding but fortunately all three were safely rescued and no one else got injured, Amarin TV said this morning (April […]
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