Two escape injures in Patong house fire. Woken up by cat hero.

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Patong police have been notified of a fire in a Soi near the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Road in Patong early today (May 31) at 05.20am.

 

Firefighters and fire engines arrived to find a two storey old timber and concrete house ablaze. It took about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. Fabric, a laptop and some stationary were damaged in the fire.

 

No injuries were reported. It is believed that the fire was probably caused by an electric short circuit.

 

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...and a smoke alarm costs the equivalent of around AU$6.00.   ?

The cat just wanted to get out of the house.

I hope the cat made it out, too.  (Too often these stories are "the cat/dog woke us up and saved us... and we forgot to grab it on our way out.")

 

I'm amazed that the fire department was able to arrive quickly enough that the fire was that quick to put out and damaged so little... especially since it looks more involved in the pictures.

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Fabric, a laptop and some stationary were damaged in the fire.

Sounds like an insurance scam, of ooh, er, 2,000 baht maybe !