Shoppers flee as fire breaks out at shopping mall
A FIRE broke out at a shopping mall in Bangkok’s Pratunam area this afternoon (Aug. 23) but was quickly brought under control with there being no injuries, Amarin TV said. At 2.19 p.m. the Fire Department’s 199 hotline got an emergency call of a fire breaking out at this well-known shopping mall with smoke […]
Read MoreFire rages at rubber factory in Samut Sakhon
A BIG FIRE broke out at a rubber product manufacturing and distribution factory in Samut Sakhon City district at 10.17 a.m. this morning (July 7) with firefighters battling the blaze, TV Channel 7 and Fire & Rescue Thailand said. Initial investigation revealed that the fire had started at an oil pipeline within the factory […]
Read MoreOne dead, nine missing in tissue paper factory blaze
A FIRE that broke out at a tissue paper factory within Hemaraj Industrial Estate in Saraburi province at 11.45 a.m. this morning (June 30) left one person dead, 26 injured and nine missing, Thai Rath newspaper and Amarin TV said this evening. While the fire at this three-storey factory building has been contained to […]
Read MoreMany people trapped in big factory fire
A BIG FIRE is spreading through a tissue paper factory at Hemaraj Industrial Estate in Nong Kae district, Saraburi province, today (June 30) with several people trapped in the buildings, Amarin TV said. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire while firefighters battle the blaze amid the danger of gas tanks exploding at […]
Read MoreDhara Dhevi Hotel’s gutted spa building uninsured
THE FIRE that gutted the spa building of Chiang Mai’s iconic five-star Dhara Dhevi Hotel was extinguished several hours after it broke out at 2 a.m. on Wednesday but this structure is uninsured, Amarin TV said last night (Apr. 23). It was only at 4 p.m. yesterday that the blaze was finally extinguished at this […]
Read MoreFire at five-star hotel in Chiang Mai
ONE of the buildings at Chiang Mai’s famous five-star hotel Dhara Dhevi caught fire overnight and while this has been controlled to a limited area by 4 a.m. there are still flames in the inner area, Naewna newspaper said. There were no reports of any casualties and firefighters worked hard at preventing the blaze […]
Read MoreVillagers set fire to forest to later collect mushrooms
FIREFIGHTERS have been battling to put out a blaze spreading through a forest at Phabong dam area of Mae Hong Son province which local villagers had started in order to later collect mushrooms that would grow there, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). At 9 a.m. yesterday Mr. Chittiphan Phayam, head of the Forest […]
Read MoreLondon’s Heathrow Airport shut after substation fire
By Reuters and published by CNA BRITAIN’S Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday (March 21) after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. The London Fire Brigade said around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, […]
Read MoreFire that gutted 3- nation friendship pavilion being investigated
THE Thai army is investigating whether the fire which gutted Trimuk Pavilion, built by Thai, Lao and Cambodian soldiers at the Emerald Triangle bordering the three countries over 30 years ago, was a natural disaster or arson, Naewna newspaper said today (March 5). Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsaeng, spokesman for the Defence Ministry, said this […]
Read MoreAt least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Ankara, Turkey – A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday (Jan. 21) during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials […]
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