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Sanook had a video of a car burning on the Kanchanapisek outer ring road in Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi heading for Bang Pa-In.

 

A monk called Panya, 67, based at Wat Bang Phoot Nork, Pak Kret and a five year old novice had just fled for their lives after the fire started in the engine area and quickly spread.

 

Panya said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of his car. It was lucky that it was a diesel otherwise it might have exploded, went the report.

 

Driver Sarawut had noticed smoke and pulled over around 2 pm Saturday afternoon. He burned his hands and arms slightly as he lifted the hood then called police. 

 

It all caused a considerable traffic jam on the busy road.

 

He said that the car was still relatively new and the monks' installments had not been paid off yet. 

 

The car had just been in for a three day service and 30,000 baht spent and he was hopeful of the garage paying for the damage. 

 

He has filed a report with the Bang Bua Thong police. 

 

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

The car had just been in for a three day service and 30,000 baht spent and he was hopeful of the garage paying for the damage.

Best of luck with that.

Insurance write-off more like.

Could have been something the shop did or overlooked. Or it just happened to occur after the service.  Not easy to prove. 
Most important all occupants are safe. 

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He said that the car was still relatively new and the monks' installments had not been paid off yet.

How does a monk, with a vow of poverty, buy and make payments on a car?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

A monk called Panya, 67,and a five year old novice had just fled for their lives after the fire started in the engine area and quickly spread.

Panya said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of his car. 

Driver Sarawut had noticed smoke

Trying to wrap my head around this report I'm coming up with this scenario:

 

The owner of the car is a 67 years old monk named Panya (who is not supposed to own a car)

The driver is a 5 years old novice named Sarawut (who is not supposed to drive a car)

 

Did the monk forget his amulet?

Did the driver sit on some phonebooks to be able to see the road? 

 

5 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Trying to wrap my head around this report I'm coming up with this scenario:

 

The owner of the car is a 67 years old monk named Panya (who is not supposed to own a car)

The driver is a 5 years old novice named Sarawut (who is not supposed to drive a car)

 

Did the monk forget his amulet?

Did the driver sit on some phonebooks to be able to see the road? 

 

I think the driver, was NOT the novice. lol

I think Surawat , is possibly a little older than 5 years

 

 

16 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

How does a monk, with a vow of poverty, buy and make payments on a car?

well the repayments are keeping him poor.

the family (who prob paid the deposit)let the wat use it I guess, communal property??

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

 

He said that the car was still relatively new

 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The car had just been in for a three day service and 30,000 baht spent

30k service on a relatively new car ??  sounds like someone got ripped off to me.

11 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

 

30k service on a relatively new car ??  sounds like someone got ripped off to me.

30k is more than just a service. Normal, for me, would be 2-3k.

30k is a major fix of some sort but I would definitely be concerned about the quality of work that may have been the cause of the fire.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

It was lucky that it was a diesel otherwise it might have exploded, went the report.

And its lucky the ThB 30,000 service was not to install a dodgy LPG fuel system.......????

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Video: Monk and novice flee for their lives as just repaired car burns out on outer ring road

This is just terrible writing.  Who do they get to write for these sites?

 

What exactly does "burns out" mean?  Approaching almost completely burnt out?  If so, why would they escape at that point rather than when the car first started burning?

A really terribly written story.  It doesn't say the monk owned the car.  Why are people going on about this.  He, the monk, was most likely getting a ride to somewhere with his novice.  The car caught on fire.  Everyone one was safe.  End of story. 

13 hours ago, webfact said:

A monk called Panya, 67, based at Wat Bang Phoot Nork, Pak Kret and a five year old novice had just fled for their lives after the fire started in the engine area and quickly spread.

 

Panya said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of his car. It was lucky that it was a diesel otherwise it might have exploded, went the report.

So the 5 year old was driving? ????

6 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

I think the driver, was NOT the novice. lol

I think Surawat , is possibly a little older than 5 years

 

 

 

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Panya said he was sitting in the front passenger seat of his car. It was lucky that it was a diesel otherwise it might have exploded, went the report.

14 hours ago, webfact said:

A monk called Panya, 67

 I know, It's hopefully just bad reporting....but then again TIT

 

14 hours ago, DefaultName said:

How does a monk, with a vow of poverty, buy and make payments on a car?

and pay 30,000 Baht repairs ?  Alms for an ex leper?

2 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

and pay 30,000 Baht repairs ?  Alms for an ex leper?

perhaps arms would be more useful for the leper?  ????