A TOUR BOAT of a well-known restaurant in Ayutthaya caught fire in the middle of Chao Pharya river at 2 p.m. today (Apr. 16) but fortunately all 24 tourists and the skipper were rescued by two other boats, TV Channel 7 said.
The boat was sailing back to the restaurant when a cloud of smoke suddenly poured out of the hull. The skipper tried to go down and investigate but could not do so because the smoke was too thick.
Fortunately, all aboard were wearing life jackets and jumped into the river. Two passing boats, one from the Marine Department and other from another restaurant, rescued all of them.
As for the blazing boat, it continued drifting down the river before stopping at yet another restaurant’s pier with the fire spreading there too.
Firemen came to put out the blaze but in doing so they pushed the blazing boat back into the river with three fire extinguishing boats then moving in to put out the fire. It took 30 minutes to extinguish the two fires.
Police are still investigating the cause of the fire.
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A fierce fire from the boat spreading to the pier. Photo: TV Channel 7
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