Major fire causes serious damage to Walking Street nightclub in Pattaya

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By Adam Judd

 

Pattaya, Thailand-  A major fire broke out last night during mandatory Covid-19 curfew hours at a closed nightclub on Walking Street in Pattaya, causing an estimated millions of baht in damage according to fire officials.

 

The fire took place at the Nashaa nightclub, located on the South end of Walking Street near Bali Hai Pier at about 9:30 P.M. on Sunday evening, September 12th.

 

There were no injuries reported from the furious blaze although a significant reason why is due to a current curfew from 9:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. due to Covid-19 related precautions in Chonburi. Additionally, nightclubs and entertainment have been closed for over five months in Pattaya by mandate to “prevent the spread of Covid-19.

 

Over ten units from local fire departments were dispatched to fight the inferno which could be seen from several kilometers away and was widely reported over social media, with many residents concerned about the source and ferocity of the fire.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/09/13/major-fire-causes-serious-damage-to-walking-street-nightclub-in-pattaya/

 

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[Maha Sarakham]

Take the insurance money and run!

[kevin612]

Entertainment is closed for months, just wondering how did this happen?

[Joe Farang]

I got this a few hours ago. I thought it was the Beer Garden

[RichardColeman]

Certainly seems to be a mighty amount of mysterious fires in businesses with no income that have been pandemic shuttered. 

[scubascuba3]

rarely do you get a successful business go up in flames

[JensenZ]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

There were no injuries reported from the furious blaze although a significant reason why is due to a current curfew from 9:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. due to Covid-19 related precautions in Chonburi

Now they are praising the lockdown for saving lives whereas the lockdown was a significant reason for the fire in the first place as there was no one in the building to put out a small fire that became a big blaze, or there was someone in the building secretly lighting the blaze. Either way, the lockdown was responsible. 

 

The timing was perfect for a person to descretly light a fire and leave just before curfew started at 9PM.

Edited September 12, 2021 by JensenZ

[smedly]

amazing

 

also errected on beach land that the owner doesn't own and the building shouldn't be on

 

I wonder who the none owner is

[Destiny1990]

How can fire insurance a non existing building? 

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, Joe Farang said:

I got this a few hours ago. I thought it was the Beer Garden

The article says Nashaa nightclub?

That was the big indian club at corner of Soi 16.

Many years before there were three Gogos  (Boesche, Katz and ?).

Edited September 12, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

37 minutes ago, smedly said:

amazing

 

also errected on beach land that the owner doesn't own and the building shouldn't be on

 

I wonder who the none owner is

It's NOT the Beer Garden. Read the article. Very clear.

[Homburg]

I thought the fire was next week! My bad.

[jacko45k]

11 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

The article says Nashaa nightclub?

That was the big indian club at corner of Soi 16.

Many years before there were three Gogos  (Boesche, Katz and ?).

Ah, was it called Covent Garden up there? I have good memories of visiting those places .. the other one was X-Zone.

[Henryford]

34 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

The article says Nashaa nightclub?

That was the big indian club at corner of Soi 16.

Many years before there were three Gogos  (Boesche, Katz and ?).

It looks like the fire is at a building by the sea. So can it be that one on the corner of Soi 16?

[bluejets]

Flood through the place a few days before.

No surprise the power would still be connected.

Water and electricity, recipe for fire.

[ezzra]

Can you imagine had the fire was to happen in the good times where thousands of revelers milling about and many staff sleeping in the club like they used to in the good times?...

[smedly]

37 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

It's NOT the Beer Garden. Read the article. Very clear.

never said it was - read my post - very clear

[mikebell]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

many residents concerned about the source and ferocity of the fire.

As are the Insurance Agents. 'Loud explosions' caused by party poppers?

[scubascuba3]

12 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Flood through the place a few days before.

No surprise the power would still be connected.

Water and electricity, recipe for fire.

Did walking st flood? usually doesn't go that far

[KhunBENQ]

25 minutes ago, Henryford said:

It looks like the fire is at a building by the sea. So can it be that one on the corner of Soi 16?

This corner is close to the beach. Maybe 80 to 100 m and much bigger and higher than buildings on the beach.

Edited September 13, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[Kerryd]

The Nashaa Club is on the water-side of Walking Street, about 60 meters past the soi 16 intersection. 

There is an Uzbekistan restaurant on the ground floor.

[scubascuba3]

1 minute ago, Kerryd said:

The Nashaa Club is on the water-side of Walking Street, about 60 meters past the soi 16 intersection. 

There is an Uzbekistan restaurant on the ground floor.

Opposite McDonald's?

[thurien]

3 hours ago, Maha Sarakham said:

Take the insurance money and run!

don't run yet! Sell the cleaned- up area (as promised) to a Chinese buyer first and then...off with the poor fire victim

[Kerryd]

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Opposite McDonald's?

About 25 meters past the McD's.

[jacko45k]

39 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Flood through the place a few days before.

No surprise the power would still be connected.

Water and electricity, recipe for fire.

Apparently broke out on an upper floor, but we had heavy rain that could have got in there. 

[mrfill]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Certainly seems to be a mighty amount of mysterious fires in businesses with no income that have been pandemic shuttered. 

Only in the insured ones I suspect....

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

There were no injuries reported from the furious blaze although a significant reason why is due to a current curfew from 9:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. due to Covid-19 related precautions in Chonburi. Additionally, nightclubs and entertainment have been closed for over five months in Pattaya by mandate to “prevent the spread of Covid-19.

I have a shrewd guess.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, kevin612 said:

Entertainment is closed for months, just wondering how did this happen?

Careless staffer sleeping in the bar... cough cough.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

How can fire insurance a non existing building? 

I bet no licence, no insurance.

[kingstonkid]

Would not surprise me if there were not a few more fires on teh water side of the street.  Nashaa is a test run.