CHON BURI – A fire gutted the basement of a hotel under construction in downtown Pattaya in the early hours of Saturday. No casualties were reported and the damage has yet to be estimated. Full story: Bangkok Post CHAIYOT PUPATTANAPONG BANGKOK POST
PHUKET: Firefighters have yet to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at a hotel under construction on the Patong beach road last night (Jan 2), sending clouds of black smoke billowing into the night sky. People dining in the restaurant at the front of the hotel had already been safely evacuated from […]
At least 12 people, including 11 minor girls, were killed in a fire in a children’s orphanage in the province of Adana in southern Turkey, local media reported. ANKARA (Sputnik) — According to Sabah newspaper, the fire occurred on Tuesday, the dead are one worker and 11 girls aged between 10 to 14 years old. […]
SAMUT PRAKAN — A fire ravaged a textile factory in Phra Samut Chedi district early on Thursday morning, causing damage estimated at over 6 million baht. The blaze at the Saharoj Textile (1991 factory, in tambon Nai Khlong Bang Plakod, was reported about 6.30am, said Pol Maj Sunthorn Pimpan, a duty officer at Phra Samut […]
A fire broke out at a popular discotheque on Pattaya walking street early Thursday, sending over 100 Thai and foreign patrons to run for their life. There were no reported casualties in the fire at The Natcha Club, which broke out at 3:30 am, according to Pattaya police. Full story: The Nation
BANGKOK — A woman was being treated for burns after a fire broke out Friday afternoon near the Russian Embassy in Bangkok. Col. Nakorn Thongpanich of Bangrak police said the fire began at about 4pm, destroying five residences in Soi Santiphap. The woman, who was unidentified, was taken to a hospital for treatment. Full story: […]
Haze from thousands of peatland and timber fires in Indonesia last year may lead to as many as 100,000 deaths, U.S. researchers claimed in a report issued Monday. Scientists from Harvard and Columbia universities used new analytical tools, satellite observations, and population information to locate the source of fires, gauge the toxicity of emissions and […]
BANGKOK — Two people were injured when fire consumed a house in Soi Suan Plu 6 in the Sathon area this morning. The fire broke out at about 7am on Wednesday at the two-story wooden residence and was brought under control by approximately 8am. The residents, a foreign couple, received minor burns, according to Pol. […]
