15 Bangkok slum houses destroyed in fire

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15 Bangkok slum houses destroyed in fire

By The Nation

 

 

Fire swept through a Bangkok squatter community early on Wednesday, burning down 15 houses.

 

 

Police said the fire broke out at the Pracha Ruam Jai 1 community in Bangkok's Chatuchak district at 4.30am.

Ten fire engines took about an hour to contorl the blaze after it consumed 15 houses.

 

Witnesses told police that the blaze started in the fifth house from the road. They suspected the fire was started by the son of the woman who owned the house.

 

They said they heard quarreling inside the house on late Friday night and heard the son threaten to set it on fire.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30360454

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-15

[Lupatria]

Another shopping mall in the making?

[fruitman]

13 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Another shopping mall in the making?

Shopping malls are the ONLY decent places to shop so we can't have enough of them.

[mok199]

Memories of a more Dis-Gracefull time..

[Henrik Andersen]

Sad for the poor people but they need upgrade their safety on house's 

[Vacuum]

4 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Sad for the poor people but they need upgrade their safety on house's 

Excactly, they should breed better sons.

[Burma Bill]

I bet more slums will rise from the ashes!

[Ulic]

They will be back up in a week. 

[ChipButty]

No problem, claim on the insurance

[a977]

Just love the safety wear of the bloke in the number 6 singlet what every fireman should wear singlet, shorts, flip flops  but wait he's got his firies helmet on 

[Sir Dude]

Maybe Chuwit owns the land.

[Galactus]

space opened for the new high rise condo! attack!

[Aupee]

On 12/15/2018 at 1:45 PM, fruitman said:

Shopping malls are the ONLY decent places to shop so we can't have enough of them.

Obviously I have no idea of the whys or what caused the fire. But I spent three years in Singapore in the late sixties. There. Kampongs regularly seemed to get burnt out . But Lee Kwan Yue's government always had an empty block of flats for the people. Look at Singapore now no Kampongs. Just sterile housing blocks and for all its riches a sterile culture free society