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Sala-Daeng Update: Another LOUD explosion followed by repeat single shots /via @babyfishie

pdate: CNN's iReport confirmed to be blocked on True ISP within Thailand. TOT are currently not blocking the website.

Update: The Nana blockade people are asking about was not manned. Just orange cones blocking the road. /via @sajal

Sala-Daeng Update: Yet another loud explosion. Man, I wish I knew what kind of weapon it was /via @babyfishie

Urgent: Bangkok hotel facing a protest site is under gunfire, guests shelter in basement. Details coming.

(00.45) Fighting is going on in Silom after #redshirts throwing 'home-made' bombs at area near the Dusit Thani Hotel. /via @Thitabhas

Urgent: Hotel under gunfire right now is Dusit Thani (within Sala-Daeng)

Urgent: We received a few phone calls (from hotel staff) and they said, 'Come down you are under attack'. /AFP

Urgent: "Everybody is now in the basement, about 100 people," he said by telephone from the Dusit Thani hotel. /AFP

"I was in bed. There was a big explosion very close to my room. the wall outside was hit by bullets" said AFP photographer Pedro Ugarte /AFP

Sala-Daeng Update: (00:37) Exchange of gunfires heard after the explosions. /via @babyfishie

Guardian: Pics from today's events (May 16th) of Smokey Bangkok and its homemade rockets: http://bit.ly/bQ7cKg

Sala-Daeng Update: (00:42) Automatic weapons involved and multiple single shots going on for minutes. /via @babyfishie /http://bit.ly/9VkUId

Nana crossing heading towards Ploenchit is barricaded! /via @sajal

Video taken on May 15: Running commentry. Soi Ngam Duplii, Rama4: http://bit.ly/aDmq7s

iReport.com has been confirmed to be blocked. "Emergency Decree on Public Administration. In emergency situations, BE 2548".

Urgent: The British Embassy is closed to the public until further notice. The situation will be reviewed on a day-by-day basis.

Urgent: British nationals requiring urgent consular assistance should call 02 305 8333 (in Thailand)

Urgent: Keep up to date with the latest travel advice from the British Embassy here: http://bit.ly/aSZz2S

BBC: 'Thailand rejects protesters' UN-backed talks plan' http://bit.ly/cOSxO8 /Updates: http://bit.ly/9VkUId

Situation still unstable on Sathorn Soi1. @BangkokLife : "we just need police or army outside PANDANUS bar/rest"

Tonight: Laem Chabang, Chon Buri. http://tweetphoto.com/22707902 /via @Thaitvnews

Sala-Daeng Update: (00:33) Two very loud explosions just went off near Sala-daeng. LOUD. /via @babiefishie

ThaiPBS: Klong Teoi - Checking the Rd. Every car to come in, turn off lights. Protect you from being shot.

FARED: 'First Aid Red Shirts' http://twitpic.com/1odt6t /via @RichardBarrow

Violence could make foreigners net sellers: Foreign investors are likely to dump...... http://bit.ly/ake29M /Updates: http://bit.ly/9VkUId

CNN: Fierce gun battle breaks out in Bangkok, Thailand, CNN reporter near scene reports. http://on.cnn.com/b9ZUVd

The Nation photo/news page on Monday: http://tweetphoto.com/22703775 /via @LeroyNewsDesign

(23:50) On Rama3 Rd. Protesters have set many telephone booths on fire /via @Warakorn_NBC

The Nation's front page, May 17: http://tweetphoto.com/22704074 /via @leroynewsdesign

Siam Paragon, A spot for campers. http://twitpic.com/1odpaw /via @RichardBarrow

"We want the UN because we don't trust we will receive justice from organizations in Thailand," protest leader Nattawut Saikuar /AFP

"Rama4 gasoline tank on fire (23:00) people going crazy because they think it will explode any minute" /via @vaitor

Nation photographer Chaiwat says: "Mai pen rai." http://bit.ly/awsLaT /via @veen_NT

"There is a red guard here saying that the only fighting going on at the moment is at Bon Kai." /via @RichardBarrow

Sala-Daeng Update: "No intense firing like over an hour ago anymore. Gunshots heard not frequently now" /via @babyfishie

Update: Quiet now on Lang-Suan for the last 20 mins. /via @aelacallan

Reports of a major gunfight happening at Rangnam / Victory Monument /via @captainwreid

Bon Kai Update: Explosions are still being heard around the area. Plus gunfights less frequenct. /via @iBangkok

They say there about 500 women & children sheltering in this temple. In front of the stage the majority are women. /via @RichardBarrow

NYT: 'Thai Officials and Protesters Fail to Agree on Talks' http://nyti.ms/bYb6ka

TNN: Updating the situation over that the Temple where Women & Children rest. But still have some around the Ratchaprasong stage area.

Live Picture of the Children and Women Sleeping at the Temple at Ratchaprasong. http://twitpic.com/1odlct /via @RichardBarrow

From friends at Maneeya Bldg, "Trapped inside the office. Gun fire, snipers and explosions very close now" /via @agnesdherbeys

Sala Daeng Update: "Serious gun-battle going on at end of Lumpini Park Intersection (to Sathorn)" /via @agnesdherbeys

Urgent: Belgium embassy closing on Monday. "The embassy is not far from the areas where the violence is taking place". /AFP

Urgent: "For security reasons, it has been decided that the embassy will close Monday", a Belgian foreign ministry spokesman said.

Sala-Daeng Update: 6 explosions and gunfires heard from my place in suan plu. Sound like it came from rama 4. /via @polanskiman

Update: 2 separate firefights going on within Bangkok. Phetburi/Ploen-chit area & Sala-Daeng (In the last 15 minutes). AVOID

'31' people have died, '230' have been injured in the Thai capital during 3 days of violent clashes, emergency services said Sunday. /AFP

Update: The violence has claimed 61 lives and injured about 1,700 people since mass demonstrations began in Bangkok in mid-March /AFP

Increase in gunshots around Sala-Daeng: "Intensifying gunfire now near Dusit Thani hotel at top of Bangkok's Silom Road" /via @Markmackinnon

Richard Barrow makes a run for MBK. Following behind the Ch7 crew. "Some1 said soldiers are coming". /via @RichardBarrow

Two reports so far that the Sala-Daeng area has an increase in gunshots. Avoid! /via @babyfishie @markmackinnon

AFP: Figures since mass protests began in Mid-March, Deaths: 59. Total wounded: 1,700

Sala-Daeng Update: New rounds of gunshot exchange started a minute ago. /via @babyfishie

Live picture at gate of the Wat Pathum, "no weapons allowed inside". http://twitpic.com/1od8xz

Redshirts stage at KlongToei already has lots of water & rice. Power + donated medical supplies: http://twitpic.com/1od9a6 /via @photo_journ

Latest we knw, the Lotus Express at Bon Kai has been burnt, and so has a gold shop not far away. /via @tulsathit

Talking to red guards, they say the safety of foreign journalists is no longer guaranteed. We are all targets now. /via @RichardBarrow

CNN: 'Thailand extends state of emergency to more provinces' http://bit.ly/cqvtnC

Seh Daeng and a few other military names on the list, indicating govt attempt to expose an alleged conspiracy jigsaw puzzle. /via @tulsathit

Safe to fear: "At to this moment it has been very safe in the red zone but that all changed about an hour or so ago" /via @RichardBarrow

Reports of a new stage being set up around the Nang-lerng areas. Near the Bank of Agriculture HQ /via @KhunCo

Gunshots and explosions heard near Saladaeng /via @babyfishie

Live picture of the crowd in front of the stage at Ratchaprasong. http://twitpic.com/1ocw2h /via @RichardBarrow

ThaiPBS: Bon Kai residents annoyed at the fact they cant leave their homes because of the protesters /via @ohohcita

ThaiPBS: Bon Kai Resident: how different it is between night & day. Feel v afraid at night, afraid the tyre fire will spread to building.

ThaiPBS: Soi Su-Wan-Sawat has a fire, no confirmation on what building it is at. Trying to put out the fire as we speak.

ThaiPBS: Fire truck tried to get in but too afraid. They left the truck for the protesters & residents to use. Fire is under control now.

Live picture of the red shirt stage at Ratchaprasong. http://twitpic.com/1ocy2c /Via @RichardBarrow

ThaiPBS: Anchor: Why the fire? Reporter: Saw some1 shoot something from the Belgian bridge. When it landed, something blew up.

Urgent: Avoid Saphan Leung conjunction (Yellow bridge). Another stack of tyres is being placed on the street. /via js100radio. @veen_NT

AFP Report: Journalists a 'terrorist' target for Thai army. "The press is a target, as well as people at the protest site," Said Sunsern

AFP: 3 Thai journalists & a Canadian have been shot and wounded in the legs while covering battles Friday and Saturday.

AFP: "Ratchaprasong is a dangerous zone. This area should be avoided," Sunsern said.

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Fire Trucks are unable to get to a fire. The Lotus Express at Bon Kai is still a raging inferno. No assistance available. /via @Warkorn_NBC

Richard Barrow, at the Ratchaprasong site is currently unable to leave, Red guards said there is a risk of snipers. /via @richardbarrow

They have turned out all the lights in the marquee tents under BTS Chidlom. Complete darkness bcuz of sniper fire. /via @Richardbarrow

A motorcycle went by and someone shouted "put out that light!". Even smoking is a risk they say as it makes you a target /via @RichardBarrow

Biggest "bang" today was not gunshot or bomb. It's the nonchalant announcement of financial measures. /via @tulsathit

If the reds did receive huge financial sppt from Thaksin as alleged, the measures are one hel_l of a blow. /via @tulsathit

Motobike delivering tyres on Phaya Thai rd. Negotiating with Police to let the delivery through: http://www.twitpic.com/1oc6d6

Bike riders are then let through to deliver tires to the burning barricades at Rajaprarop/Din-Daeng Int-s: http://www.twitpic.com/1oc6z4

Riders ride away with the tires to their destination without any problems: http://www.twitpic.com/1oc8rj

Video of a protester trying to make a barricade, but shot whilst doing so: http://bit.ly/b2ncgR /via @danieljerivers

(21.35) ThaiCom uplink station on Rattanathibeth is blocked by a group of 200 redshirts. Avoid. /via js100 radio @veen_NT

Jor-Sor 100 Radio have left its office for a safe house. New contact numbers (24/7) are 082- 0044031-5 /via @veen_NT

Video: Fires around Lumpini Boxing stadium, firefights and the famous 2 snipers above ground: http://bit.ly/bmzf3p

The Nation: Urgent: No shelter provided at Sacred Sacred Heart Convent School. A Tweeple went there and found only red guards.

About 1,500 people at redshirts stage Klong Toei. Many more stretching up r Rama4 flyover: http://twitpic.com/1ocbbe /via @photo_journ

TNN: Showing Patpong streets completly empty, except for a few girls working at the bars.

Stement from the FCCT: http://bit.ly/9BilXl /via @BangkokDan

The press in general should need no reminding that live ammunition is being used in certain areas, & that the situation is volatile /FCCT

Security in the building told the tv crews they cannot do live broadcasts on the balcony because of risk of snipers /via @RichardBarrow

3rd night in a row, ratchaprarop rd sounds like it is being fought for - not under control, says @smylz2 who lives in the area