BANGKOK — A fire gutted a tailor’s shop on Soi Prachachuen 5 early this morning, killing one resident. Police and firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a tailor’s shop called “Klae” just before 4am this morning in the capital’s Bang Sue district, police Maj. Gen. Charoen Srisassaluk said, and after putting out the […]
Khon Kaen’s provincial court yesterday sentenced four red-shirt protesters to between three and 13 years in jail for their role in an arson attack on the provincial City Hall five years ago. Adisai Vibulsek and Jirattragul Sumaha were sentenced to 13 years in prison each after court found them guilty of trespassing into a government […]
BANGKOK — A fire forced the evacuation of a popular mall in the commercial heart of Bangkok this morning. Customers were evacuated from the Terminal 21 mall near Asoke intersection after smoke was first seen at around 11am, according to JS 100 radio, and was brought under control soon thereafter. Read more: khaosodenglish.com By Khaosod […]
Nine cars parked at Phuket’s Thaland district police station were set afire and 13 others were smashed by angry protesters late Saturday night following the death of two suspected drug traffickers in an accident as they tried to escape police arrest. The protesters who are mostly relatives and friends of the two youths, aged 17 […]
The Foreign Ministry has invited Indonesia’s ambassador for a meeting on forest fires in that country that created unhealthy haze in Phuket for a second day Thursday. Haze that has affected seven southern provinces in recent days was at its worst in the island resort province on Thursday with airborne particulate matter measured at 201 […]
A welding spark ignited tragedy when a fire broke out and gutted a bus in Phangnga province, killing one passenger and injuring 12 others. Driver Prathueng Sakkaew was taking 34 passengers on a double-deck coach operated by Trang Ruam Mitr Transport Co from Phuket to Satun province when he stopped at a welding shop in […]
SONGKHLA, 3 October 2015 (NNT) – Many areas in the southern provinces of Thailand are experiencing prolonged haze conditions, while Indonesia has declined Singapore’ offer to help mitigate the situation. Areas in the southern region, including Hat Yai and Betong Districts, are still under the effect of the persisting haze, caused by the wildfire in […]
A FIRE broke out at a Chinese restaurant in Thong Lor in Bangkok’s Wattana district early Saturday, but no injuries were reported. Following the 2.30am fire report, police found the first three floors of the six-storey building on Sukhumvit Soi 21 ablaze. It took five teams of fire-fighters 30 minutes to control the blaze. Read […]
