Woman injured as restaurant gas cylinder sets power pole on fire

[webfact]

Woman injured as restaurant gas cylinder sets power pole on fire

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The fire destroyed a cooking station at the restaurant and set alight electrical cables on a power pole at the front of the restaurant. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET: A cook at a small restaurant in Koh Kaew escaped with minor injuries yesterday (Dec 13) after a hose from a cooking gas cylinder came loose and set on fire the kiosk where she was cooking – and set alight a nearby power pole that was starting to shower sparks.

 

Snr Sgt Maj Wiroj Noothong of the Phuket City Police was called to the scene, on Thepkrasattri Rd northbound, at about midday.

 

Police together with Koh Kaew Municipality firefighters and Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived at the scene to find local people together trying to extinguish the fire. 

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/woman-injured-as-restaurant-gas-cylinder-sets-power-pole-on-fire-78310.php

 

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[worgeordie]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

after a hose from a cooking gas cylinder came loose and set on fire the kiosk where she was cooking

Just pushed on...that's good enough..

regards Worgeordie

[stevenl]

With gastanks in many places with open fire, including riding carts, surprised there are not more accidents.

[PETERTHEEATER]

8 hours ago, stevenl said:

With gastanks in many places with open fire, including riding carts, surprised there are not more accidents.

Oh, but there are. The BiB call it arson.

[Justgrazing]

Perilous life being a power pole in Thailand .. if a truck or Merc' don't get you then a leaking gas canister will .. 

[bluesofa]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

and set alight a nearby power pole that was starting to shower sparks

I'm baffled. I never realised concrete was flammable.

[Iron Tongue]

... and I clicked this thinking she was doing a pole dance when it happened!

[Spatiumus]

7 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I'm baffled. I never realised concrete was flammable.

"The fire destroyed a cooking station at the restaurant and set alight electrical cables on a power pole..."

[KannikaP]

9 minutes ago, Spatiumus said:

"The fire destroyed a cooking station at the restaurant and set alight electrical cables on a power pole..."

Not according to this OP, but if you go to the Ph News story, yes, it says that it was the cables and not the pole which was burning.

Now unless the cooking station was made of flammable material instead of stainless steel, how could it be destroyed. 

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Not according to this OP, but if you go to the Ph News story, yes, it says that it was the cables and not the pole which was burning.

Now unless the cooking station was made of flammable material instead of stainless steel, how could it be destroyed. 

Stainless steel melts at around 1,500C. Perhaps she was cooking some very hot food?