The Karon firefighters told the Phuket Express that they were notified of the fire on the second floor of a five-story building in Kata early Monday morning (March 6th). They arrived at the building with a single fire engine and it took about one hour to control the fire. No injuries were reported but some […]
Haze pollution is exceeding safe levels in 36 provinces, particularly in the North, while Bangkok and surrounding provinces will remain blanketed in smog for two more days. Jatuporn Buruspat, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, said on Monday that ultra-fine dust particles (PM2.5) have remained at critical levels in the North […]
A fierce fire gutted a police building that stored official documents in Bangkok’s Sathon district early Saturday. No casualties were reported. More than 50 fire trucks and firemen were deployed to the building of the Metropolitan Police Division 5 on Sathon Road in Thung Mahamek area to control the blaze, which broke out around 4am, […]
A fire was reported this week at one of Pattaya’s not commonly known beach areas. Residents suspected it might have been an act of arson. The beach is located in Soi Naklua 18. It is used mainly for the storage of fishing gear, tables, and chairs belonging to fishermen who went out to sea and […]
CHIANG MAI: A total of 2,201 hotspots were detected across the North on Tuesday, most of them in conservation forests, the Region 3 centre for prevention and mitigation of air pollution reported on Wednesday. Of the total, 1,388 hotspots were in the upper part of the region and 813 in the lower North. Full story: […]
Pattaya Police discovered what they explained as bottles of homemade liquor at a warehouse that went up in flames early this morning. Firefighters and police rushed to a warehouse in Soi Huai Yai Muk in the Pong sub-district of Banglamung district at 1 AM today, February 26th, following a report about a fire. Full story: […]
A fire has destroyed a diving tour boat parked at a pier in the Tai Mueang district. The Phang Nga Public Relations Team told the Phuket Express that the fire began on a boat at 8:10 P.M. on Sunday (February 26th). The boat was parked at the Sa Phan Poon Pier in the Baan Tap […]
Three tourist boats sustained heavy fire damage as they were anchoring at a river pier in Phra Pradaeng district of Samut Prakan on Tuesday morning. According to the Samut Prakan V2 News webpage, the fire started on one of six tourist boats moored close to each other at the pier near Thong Khung Temple and […]
