Explosion caused by pigeons engulfs Hua Hin hotel, resulting in fire and 500,000 THB worth of damage

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Pigeons were said to have caused a sudden explosion that led to a fire engulfing a hotel room in Hua Hin, resulting in damages amounting to half a million baht.

 

On Thursday afternoon Lieutenant Colonel Pichcha Rangleuan, Deputy Superintendent of Hua Hin Police Station received a report regarding a fire incident at room number 164/5-6 of Sunny House, which is located adjacent to the railway, just off Soi 70.

 

The three and half storey building consists of a ground floor office and more than 20 guest bedrooms.

 

On arrival at the scene, first responders found the building engulfed in flames.

 

By Online Reporter

 

Full story: https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/explosion-caused-by-pigeons-engulfs-hua-hin-hotel-resulting-in-fire-and-500000-thb-worth-of-damage/

 

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[KannikaP]

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

[ChrisY1]

Wonder how the insurers will handle this nonsense.

[TheAppletons]

14 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

  Come now, let's not SQUABble over it.

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

Smoking in bed?

[sammieuk1]

Bio pigeons I suspect ???? 

 

[phetphet]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

It was the PiRA. (Pigeon Republican Army). 

[Walker88]

If an 'engulfing' fire only caused 500K baht in damage, the pigeons must have been the guests.

 

Five star it couldn't have been.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Wonder how the insurers will handle this nonsense.

Obviously they will tell the pigeons to pay for the damage. 

[RayWright]

Technically possible. 

 

Pigeon excretion contains "Saltpeter", one of the 3 ingredients needed to make gunpowder. So if they could muster some charcoal  say from an open wood burning fire and Sulphur, say from some match heads or concrete powder,  mix them together and chuck a lit match onto the mixture, then, booooooom. 

[bignbad]

1 minute ago, RayWright said:

Technically possible. 

 

Pigeon excretion contains "Saltpeter", one of the 3 ingredients needed to make gunpowder. So if they could muster some charcoal  say from an open wood burning fire and Sulphur, say from some match heads or concrete powder,  mix them together and chuck a lit match onto the mixture, then, booooooom. 

And most pigeons carry lighter or matches......

[KhunLA]

I don't know about explosion, unless something stored where they hang out.   But fire ... yes.  Imagine a nest built over an electrical junction, and or any exposed wires.

 

"Pigeons build nests far from predators, so they may build them on rooftops or even chimneys. Nesting materials like twigs, grass clippings, straws, etc., are extremely flammable so they can quickly catch fire. Moreover, the fire can be worse if the area is full of bird droppings as bird droppings are also flammable."

BOOM

 

Edited June 23, 2023 by KhunLA

[RayWright]

13 minutes ago, bignbad said:

And most pigeons carry lighter or matches......

Yep, they make their own.

[dingdongrb]

I am sure the pigeons will be blamed with micro-sleep or perhaps brake failure.

[Michaelaway]

Swedish terrorist suicide pigeons... whoa.

[Mintyy]

What do you say to a bunch of pigeons that set your place on fire?     You are all  A bird-en

 

Those pigeons came in mass because one pigeon in the fire yelled "Hot Chicks!"

 

 

[Eleftheros]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously they will tell the pigeons to pay for the damage. 

If it comes to court, the beak will surely chuck out the case.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

Last year after a quick downpour a pigeon flew to land on a transformer outside my home... a very large explosion, power out and one very crispy pigeon.

[ThailandRyan]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

Well the story says this, so maybe it is pure speculation on how it occurred.

 

The investigation into this peculiar incident led authorities to a peculiar discovery – a pair of pigeons had unknowingly triggered the explosion.

The exact details of how this occurred are yet to be determined. Authorities are currently working to gather more information and piece together the sequence of events that led to the pigeon’s inadvertent role in this incident.

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Come on, pigeons causing explosion......HOW?

Suicide bird. Flew in from the Middle East with an incendiary device strapprd to its breast.

[RobU]

I think the song by Tom Lehrer 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' would be most appropriate and embraced enthusiastically by the hotel owners.

https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+poisoning+pigeons+in+the+park&oq=you+tube+posoning&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i13i512j0i13i30j0i8i13i30l11j0i8i13i15i30.23487j0j7&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:47eb1b33,vid:YmPFT8EnLUg

[RayWright]

11 minutes ago, RobU said:

I think the song by Tom Lehrer 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' would be most....

Ah, forgot about that one. Only Pigeon song I could remember was the 1977 No 14 chart-topper in the UK charts by Messrs Banks, Rutherford and Colins, aka Genesis.

 

[ukrules]

I'm a little skeptical on this one

[2baht]

Pigeons......Rats of the sky!

[klauskunkel]

I always said it: these pigeons are up to no good. They are lazy and dirty and their bad temper makes them explode for no reason!

[RobU]

2 hours ago, RayWright said:

Ah, forgot about that one. Only Pigeon song I could remember was the 1977 No 14 chart-topper in the UK charts by Messrs Banks, Rutherford and Colins, aka Genesis.

 

Yup Genesis was one of my favourite bands I had forgotten about that track