BANGKOK — Two people escaped from a flaming taxi early Wednesday morning across from Bangkok’s largest shopping mall. A crowd gathered to watch firefighters put out the fire at about 2am on Ratchadamri Road, just across the Ratchaprasong intersection from from CentralWorld. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Khaosod English
A fire broke out in the boarding house of the Nakhon Ratchasima Municipality Sports School in Muang district early on Saturday. Firefighters took about 20 minutes to put out the fire that broke out on the fourth floor of the building at 1.30am. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK — A Mahidol University lecturer died Wednesday night after he was dramatically pulled from a burning vehicle near Central Pinklao. Rattakarn Komolrat, a 40-year-old business instructor, was taken to the Chao Phraya Hospital where he succumbed to injuries and loss of blood sustained in a car accident that took place on Borommaratchachonnani Road. Full […]
BANGKOK — Bank employees returned to work Tuesday after a long weekend to find their Chatuchak office on fire. A Bang Khen branch of TMB Bank caught fire at about 7am on Phahonyothin Road due to a short circuit. Employees and customers escaped unscathed. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Khaosod English
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A high-speed train service between two major German cities — Cologne and Frankfurt — has been suspended after a fire in two train cars, railway company Deutsche Bahn reported. “After smoke formed in two train cars at 6.30 [a.m. local time, 4:30 GMT] the ICE 511 was stopped on the way from […]
Three men were injured when a fire swept through a guesthouse in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district on Friday morning. Firefighters took 45 minutes to control the blaze after it swept through and damaged the entire 4-storey Thai Green Guesthouse in Soi Trok Kai Jae off Phra Sumen Raod, Chana Songkram subdistrict at 6.45 am. Full […]
TAK: A fire broke out at a three-storey commercial building in the heart of the border town of Mae Sot, opposite Myanmar’s Myawaddy town across the Moei river, on Sunday morning. The fire caused about 30 million baht damage. Shortly after 1am, about 15 fire engines from the Mae Sot Municipality and nearby local administrations, […]
Fire damaged an exhibition zone under construction at the Central Phuket Floresta shopping mall on Saturday morning. Police said the fire started at 10.15am and firefighters took about half-an-hour to control the blaze. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
