A luxury resort on Thailand’s Koh Kut island has issued a statement regarding Sunday’s massive fire, expressing regret and concern for those affected, while insisting that all villas within the resort have smoke detectors installed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The resort’s statement came after a well-known paediatrician and a former […]
KANCHANABURI: A 63-year-old German whose Thai wife had recently left him after 21 years together was found dead after a fire destroyed their house on Monday morning. Police identified the dead man as U. A. He was found hanging from the wrought iron fence of the house. Earlier reports said he was hanging from a […]
PHUKET: A group of tourists have been evacuated to safety after a forest fire broke out near Krating Cape and Pha Hin Dam in tambon Rawai, Muang district, on Saturday night. Phuket governor Narong Woonciew said the blaze spread quickly around 7.50pm. Full article: Bangkok Post Achadthaya Chuenniran BANGKOK POST
A rescue worker and his uncle were killed and his wife seriously burned when fire destroyed their townhouse in Chom Thong district of Bangkok in the early hours of Thursday. The fire in soi 30 off Ekkachai Road in Bang Khunthian district was reported around 1.30am, Pol Maj Thianphat Klajai, investigation chief at Bang Khunthian […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – A team from Thailand has won an international space business contest, using satellites and mobile networks to pinpoint the location of forest fires and provide support to firefighters in the area. Dr. Damrongrit Niammuad, deputy director of Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), revealed that Team EcoSpace from Thailand won the […]
CHAIYAPHUM: A drug addict burned down his 86-year-old great-grandmother’s house, leaving her, his mother and three girls homeless, and threatened to kill them. The five women now live together in a makeshift shelter beside Chaiyaphum-Si Khiu Road in Ban Khok Phaeng Phuai village of tambon Laharn in Chatturat district. They earn a small income selling […]
NAKHON PATHOM, Nov 29 (TNA) – An engine oil warehouse was on fire in Samphran district. Firefighters were trying to control the blaze pending supply of extinguishing agents. Damage was initially estimated at 30 million baht. The fire started at the warehouse of Prapakorn Oil Co from noon and remained unlikely to be under control […]
A major fire has destroyed a garden shop in the Mueang Chonburi district on Thursday (November 4th). Sane Suk firefighters were notified of the fire at 9:00 P.M. at a garden shop on Khao Larm Road in the Huay Kapi sub-district. Full story: thepattayanews.com By GoongNang(GN) The Pattaya News
