Workers installing a streetlamp pole in Prachin Buri accidentally hit a high-voltage power cable on Wednesday evening, killing one of them and injuring two others. Police said the accident happened at 4.30pm in front of Wat Ban Song in Moo 1 village, Tambon Ya Naree, Kabin Buri district. Full story: The Nation By The NationRead More
A mysterious fire at an old boiled fish factory in Sattahip destroyed 3 cars causing around 1 million THB worth of damage. The police are to investigate to see whether it was arson or an electrical short circuit. Read more: pattayadailynews.comRead More
A five-star hotel in Phuket caught fire yesterday morning, causing Bt10 million in losses, though nobody was injured. Police said the fire broke out at about 5am on the first floor of the three-storey wooden building, before spreading to the second and third floors of the Royal Phawadee Village Hotel on Patong Beach. Ten fire […]Read More
BANGKOK, March 10 – A second foreign tourist, a Russian man, died from Thurday night’s fire at Grand Park Avenue Hotel Sukhumvit Soi 22, according to the capital’s Kluaynamthai Hospital. Mr Asato Igor Badera’s death on Saturday morning was believed to result from smoke inhalation and lack of oxygen to the brain. Read more: MCOTRead More
Two foreigners are reported to have died after a fire broke out at the Grand Mercure Park Avenue Hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 22 in Klong Toey district last night. The fire was reported around 9.40pm. Thong Lor police suspected the blaze started at a seminar room on the fifth floor of the 18-storey building before […]Read More
A fire broke out at the Grand Park Avenue Hotel in Bangkok, killing one person and injuring 10 others, police said. The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the 15-storey hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 22 at 9:50 pm. Read more: The NationRead More
BANGKOK, 5 March 2012 (NNT) – Fire broke out at Wat Pa Mok in Ang Thong last night, setting a 100-year-old teakwood living compound ablaze. No injuries or deaths were reported while the damage is estimated to be worth 10 million baht. Last night, police from Pa Mok station rushed to Wat Pa Mok in […]Read More
Fire broke out at an office building on Asoke Road yesterday, slightly injuring a fireman while another choked due to the smoke. Fire-fighters took three hours to control the blaze that began on the seventh floor and spread all the way to the 13th floor. Read more: The NationRead More
