Foreign guests flee as smoke pours from two hotel lifts

By Khanathit Srihirundaj 
The Nation

 

 

The malfunctions of two unoccupied elevators in the same Bangkok hotel, one of which dropped from the 24th floor to then get stuck at the 16th, sent some guests running for fear of their safety as smoke poured out of the lift shafts on Friday morning.

 

Frightened foreign guests ran out of their rooms and left the building.

 

 

Firefighters responding at 8.20am to the incident at the 25-storey Maxx Hotel on Rama IX Road in Huai Kwang district sprayed chemical foams in the two lift shafts to extinguish the smoke.

Kittipong Chaisuwan of the Golden Express Co elevator maintenance company, said that his initial inspection found a short-circuit in the control panels had caused smoke to pour out of two lifts parked at the 24th floor.

 

 

As one lift dropped and then got stuck at the 16th floor, it damaged the lift shaft, while the damage in the other lift was limited to within the cabin, he said.

 

A detailed inspection is underway.

 

The hotel has five elevators.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30339534

 

 

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I think that's the 3rd fire (tourist related) reported this week, isn't it ?

The Indian restaurant, the restaurant in Central Festival and now this one...

"Let the tourists come and we will do our best to kill them" new TAT promotion campaign !!!

i guess now they know how long they can go without performing any elevator maintenance.

I've heard it all now 'used foam to extinguish the SMOKE' . That's a new one.

Foreign guests flee as smoke pours from two hotel lifts

I do hope the management/authorities confiscated their phones so that this unfortunate incident doesn't get leaked to future tourists from abroad!

Another lesson for the tourist perhaps would be to request a room on one of the lower floors....

Also, check that the exit doors to the stairways are actually functioning.