A bed-ridden woman, 71, was killed when a fire engulfed her house in Ayutthaya on Friday morning. Neighbours heard her wailing and shouting for help but the blaze was too intense for them to push through to rescue her. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK — A massive fire destroyed five buildings used to accommodate sport officials early Monday in eastern Bangkok. Police said the fire started at about 1:30am in the residential quarters of the Sport Authority in Bang Kapi district. Five fire trucks put the blaze under control in about half an hour and no casualties were […]
Fire swept through a market on the Cambodian border on Saturday evening, damaging 20 shops selling clothes and electronic appliances. A Cambodian vendor suffered slight injuries during the blaze at the Rong Kluea border market in Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district. Full story: The Nation By Thanapat Kijjakosol The Nation
A fire swept through the living quarters of workers at a construction site on Soi Phetchaburi 9 in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district on Saturday morning. Fire engines rushed to the construction site at 8.05am to discover that the fire had damaged four rows of two-storey wooden houses. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
PHANG NGA — A couple dozen tourists were relaxing Monday on an idyllic beach when three loud explosions were heard and, soon after, the boat that delivered them to the lagoon burst into flames, injuring one man still aboard. The BB Sealion 9 suddenly went up in flames while anchored off Ao Mhan beach in […]
PHUKET: A tour boat under repairs went up in flames at a shipyard in Rassada on the east side of Phuket Town today (Aug 6), with the fire gutting the boat, causing an estimated B4-5 million in damage. Phuket City Police and emergency services were notified of the fire, at the Asian Phuket Marine and […]
A fire, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, broke out on Sunday morning at the one-storey post office building of the San Khamphaeng branch in Chiang Mai province, the local precinct superintendent Pol Colonel Chuwit Kongkaew said. The fire, which occurred at around 7am, took fire-fighters 30 minutes to put out at […]
At 4:30AM on early Thursday morning, August 2nd, a major fire destroyed the popular Yang Mi Restaurant located on South Pattaya Road. Eight fire engines were required to put out the fire which drew a heavy crowd of observers despite the early hour. It took roughly an hour to extinguish the fire. City officials and […]
