Fire at Excise Dept’s document storage room put out in 30 minutes
A FIRE broke out at the document storage room of the Excise Department this morning (June 5) and while it was extinguished within 30 minutes it is the second time a blaze has erupted in the six-storey building with the first one being in 2021, TV Channel 7 said today (June 5). Pol. Lt. […]
Read MoreFire at Pattaya condo from lights left on to grow marijuana
A FIRE at a condominium in Pattaya rented by a foreign man this afternoon (May 26) was sparked by leaving lights on to grow marijuana but fortunately there was no one there thus no injuries, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 26). Upon being alerted of the fire at the condo in Soi […]
Read MoreArson suspected in Nan garbage dump fire
A FIRE raged fiercely at a garbage dump in northern Nan province for over an hour after erupting at 6 p.m. this evening (May 13) with arson suspected, Matichon newspaper said. Firemen had difficulty putting out the blaze because it had spread to a big pile of dumped foam boxes and other articles. Moreover […]
Read MoreHuge forest fire in Nakhon Nayok spreads to fourth mountain
WITH THE massive forest fire in Nakhon Nayok that broke out on Wednesday night (Mar. 29) having now spread to the fourth mountain, over a hundred firefighters and two helicopters were sent to extinguish it this morning (Mar. 31), Naewna newspaper said. At 10.30 a.m. provincial Governor Mr. Buncha Chaowarin presided over a ceremony […]
Read MoreBig grass fire scares people in Uthai Thani
A FIRE that was started by three men who burned freshly cut grass at a cemetery after finishing mowing it spread across a hundred rai of dry grassland before being extinguished with the huge blaze scaring residents, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 26). At around 3 p.m. police and firefighters were alerted of a […]
Read MoreFire guts Met police building in Sathorn
A FIRE broke out at the three-storey Metropolitan Police Division 5 building in Sathorn Soi 8 at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 4) with the whole structure gutted in the fierce blaze but there were no casualties, Thai Rath newspaper said. The building was engulfed in flames that shot up 10 metres high and […]
Read MoreTour boats moored at Samut Prakan pier catch fire
THREE TOUR boats moored for servicing at a pier in Samut Prakan province were destroyed in a fire that erupted from a faulty electric battery fitted on one of them while one other is partially damaged, TV Channel 7 and FM91 Radio said today (Feb. 21). There were no injuries in the fire that […]
Read MoreKhmer soldiers seal off gutted casino-hotel complex near Thai border
CAMBODIAN soldiers took full control of the fire-gutted casino-hotel complex at Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, this afternoon (Dec. 31) after ordering Thai rescuers to withdraw at 6 p.m. yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Cambodia’s Military Region 5 sent troops to block off the three buildings of the Grand Diamond […]
Read More22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno
THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which […]
Read MoreUpdate: 12 dead in Cambodian casino fire, most of them Thai staff
THE death toll in the fire that raged through a Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has reached 12 while 53 are injured and eight missing with most of them being Thai staff working there, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 29). The […]
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