Police commando becomes 39th fire death in Lat Phrao

What Lance Corporal Phetthong's death really tells us is that burn injuries don’t just wound, they dismantle the body piece by piece over time.

Sadly, that’s the part people never seem to grasp until a case like this drags on for weeks. The initial blaze is only the beginning, while the real battle is the slow, brutal cascade that follows.

Deep burns don’t “stabilise”. They trigger organ failure, infections, fluid shifts, and endless surgical interventions. Even with top‑tier ICU care, the body is often fighting a losing battle on multiple fronts.

Lance Corporal Phetthong sucomming to his injuries only highlights this. Once someone has sustained catastrophic burns, survival becomes a marathon of ventilators, grafts, and round‑the‑clock monitoring.

The fire ends in minutes but the suffering lasts much longer. Compensation to the victims and their families must allow for this!