FOLLOWING the huge blaze a Cambodian hotel-cum-casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, last December killing 22 employees and gamblers, another hotel in this border town caught fire at 10 p.m. last night (Sep. 15) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper said today. Just as
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Four injured in Wireless road transformer fire
FOUR PEOPLE were injured after a transformer near Vanit building on Wireless road, close to the turning to New Phetchaburi road, short-circuited and triggered a fire that raced down communication lines at 10.25 a.m. this morning (Aug. 30), Matichon and JSRadio100 said. Firemen from Phayathai station rushed to put out the blaze at the
Read moreTangled cables in Sukhumvit soi 15 catch fire
A BUNCH of tangled electrical and communication cables caught fire in Sukhumvit Soi 15 this morning (Aug. 18) yet fortunately the blaze was quickly extinguished, TV Channel 7 said. Charlie CB 245 Radio issued an alert at 11.08 a.m. that a fire was racing through these street-side cables in this soi with firefighters from
Read moreFire damages famous Ayutthaya temple
FIREMEN took over 30 minutes to extinguish a blaze at 400-year-old Wat Rat Banthom this afternoon (July 20) with some Buddha images, the roof and wooden beams as well as the interior walls being damaged, Matichon newspaper said. At 12.45 p.m. Pol.Lt.Col. Rakchat Prasobhon, an investigator at Nakhon Luang police station, was alerted of
Read moreBMA removes all Co2 fire extinguishers, temporarily halts fire drills
FOLLOWING the explosion of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher during a drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing a student yesterday (June 23), the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) today ordered the removal of these tanks that are mostly only kept at fire stations and differ from the dry chemical red fire extinguishers placed
Read moreUpdate: Fire extinguisher that exploded did not have a safety valve
POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (June 23). Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti
Read more1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill
A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng
Read moreHouse ablaze after DIY e-bike short-circuits while being charged
AN electric bike built by a young man in Chiang Rai short-circuited while being charged with this setting his house ablaze but firemen were able to put it out in 30 minutes, TV Channel 7 said today (June 21). Firemen had rushed to the two-storey brick house at Doi Phra Bat Soi community in
Read moreFire at Excise Dept’s document storage room put out in 30 minutes
A FIRE broke out at the document storage room of the Excise Department this morning (June 5) and while it was extinguished within 30 minutes it is the second time a blaze has erupted in the six-storey building with the first one being in 2021, TV Channel 7 said today (June 5). Pol. Lt.
Read moreFire at Pattaya condo from lights left on to grow marijuana
A FIRE at a condominium in Pattaya rented by a foreign man this afternoon (May 26) was sparked by leaving lights on to grow marijuana but fortunately there was no one there thus no injuries, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 26). Upon being alerted of the fire at the condo in Soi
Read moreArson suspected in Nan garbage dump fire
A FIRE raged fiercely at a garbage dump in northern Nan province for over an hour after erupting at 6 p.m. this evening (May 13) with arson suspected, Matichon newspaper said. Firemen had difficulty putting out the blaze because it had spread to a big pile of dumped foam boxes and other articles. Moreover
Read moreHuge forest fire in Nakhon Nayok spreads to fourth mountain
WITH THE massive forest fire in Nakhon Nayok that broke out on Wednesday night (Mar. 29) having now spread to the fourth mountain, over a hundred firefighters and two helicopters were sent to extinguish it this morning (Mar. 31), Naewna newspaper said. At 10.30 a.m. provincial Governor Mr. Buncha Chaowarin presided over a ceremony
Read moreBig grass fire scares people in Uthai Thani
A FIRE that was started by three men who burned freshly cut grass at a cemetery after finishing mowing it spread across a hundred rai of dry grassland before being extinguished with the huge blaze scaring residents, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 26). At around 3 p.m. police and firefighters were alerted of a
Read moreFire guts Met police building in Sathorn
A FIRE broke out at the three-storey Metropolitan Police Division 5 building in Sathorn Soi 8 at 4 a.m. this morning (Mar. 4) with the whole structure gutted in the fierce blaze but there were no casualties, Thai Rath newspaper said. The building was engulfed in flames that shot up 10 metres high and
Read moreTour boats moored at Samut Prakan pier catch fire
THREE TOUR boats moored for servicing at a pier in Samut Prakan province were destroyed in a fire that erupted from a faulty electric battery fitted on one of them while one other is partially damaged, TV Channel 7 and FM91 Radio said today (Feb. 21). There were no injuries in the fire that
Read moreKhmer soldiers seal off gutted casino-hotel complex near Thai border
CAMBODIAN soldiers took full control of the fire-gutted casino-hotel complex at Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, this afternoon (Dec. 31) after ordering Thai rescuers to withdraw at 6 p.m. yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Cambodia’s Military Region 5 sent troops to block off the three buildings of the Grand Diamond
Read more22 employees, gamblers dead in Cambodian casino-hotel inferno
THE HUGE FIRE at the three-building casino-hotel complex in Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has killed 22 employees and gamblers so far with 53 injured and eight still missing, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 30). Eyewitnesses said the blaze at Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino which
Read moreUpdate: 12 dead in Cambodian casino fire, most of them Thai staff
THE death toll in the fire that raged through a Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, has reached 12 while 53 are injured and eight missing with most of them being Thai staff working there, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Dec. 29). The
Read moreChopper sent to rescue Thais from blazing Cambodian casino
A THAI helicopter flew to rescue Thais stuck on the rooftop of a blazing luxury Cambodian hotel and casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, with the 17-storey building on the verge of collapsing, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Dec. 29). Staff of Grand Diamond City Hotel
Read moreBlaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests
By AP and published by Taiwan News Baghdad – A huge fire blazed on Saturday at a notorious prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the Iranian capital. Online videos and local media reported gunshots, as nationwide protests entered a fifth week. Iran’s state-run IRNA reported that there were clashes between prisoners
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