Guesthouse Near Khaosan Catches Fire, Injures 3

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Guesthouse Near Khaosan Catches Fire, Injures 3

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

A fire Friday morning at a gesthouse near Khaosan Road in Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — A fire tore Friday morning through a guesthouse near Khaosan Road in Bangkok, injuring three people.

 

Police said the fire broke out before 7am on the second floor of Thai Green Guest House on Phra Sumen Road in Phra Nakhon district. Firefighters were able to control the flames in 45 minutes.

 

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Foreigner, two Thais injured in Bangkok guesthouse fire

By The Nation

 

Three men were injured when a fire swept through a guesthouse in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district on Friday morning.

 

Firefighters took 45 minutes to control the blaze after it swept through and damaged the entire 4-storey Thai Green Guesthouse in Soi Trok Kai Jae off Phra Sumen Raod, Chana Songkram subdistrict at 6.45 am.

 

A foreign man suffered leg injuries after he jumped from the second floor and he also suffered burns to his chest.

 

The guesthouse owner, Saengrawee Satchapirak, 64, suffered from smoke inhalation and a voluntary firefighter had an electric shock from a power leakage and fell from the second floor, said Chana Songkram police.

 

The three injured were taken to Vajira Hospital.

 

The fire will be investigated by forensic science police and the Public Works Division of the Phra Nakhon district.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30356309

 

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[jgarbo]

This was the reason for BMA's removal of street stalls. If a big fire breaks out fire services can't get close enough. Maybe a few street vendors need to die before they see the potential danger.