Fire at Phuket restaurant causes B30k damage

PHUKET: A fire broke out at a restaurant in Srisoonthorn today morning causing about B30,000 worth of damage. There were no injures reported as a result of the fire. At 9:30am today (June 21), Capt Krisorn Boonprasop of the Thalang Police received a report of a fire at the Khao Gang Pa Noi Restaurant located […]

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News Agency Blames Short Circuit for Fire

BANGKOK — An electrical malfunction is said to have caused a fire Monday morning at Banmuang newspaper’s offices in northern Bangkok, according to a report on its website. The blaze broke out at about 7am at the third floor of the newspaper’s headquarters, which is located on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. Large plumes of smoke could […]

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Fire at Central Embassy Shopping Mall in Bangkok

BANGKOK — A fire broke out late Thursday night in a five-star hotel under construction above one of Bangkok’s luxury malls. Just after 11pm, flames erupted from around the 30th floor of where a future Park Hyatt Hotel is being built above the Central Embassy shopping mall in downtown Bangkok. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Khaosod […]

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Shophouse Fire Kills 5 in Northeast Bangkok

BANGKOK — A three-story shophouse went up in flames early Wednesday morning in northeastern Bangkok, killing five people inside. Four family members were trapped on the third floor when the fire broke out just after 3am at the shophouse in the capital’s Bueng Kum district. A man became the fifth victim after he went back […]

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