Warehouse fire in Nonthaburi draws over 50 fire engines, suspicion points to electrical short circuit

[webfact]

 

On the night of yesterday, a significant warehouse inferno required the urgent coordination of over 50 fire engines and greater than one hundred firemen, to bring the fire under control after an arduous 90 minutes. The suspected cause of the warehouse fire outbreak points to an electrical short circuit.

 

At approximately 9.20pm, last evening, local authorities in the district of Bang Sri Mueang located in the province of Nonthaburi, were alerted to the incident at the warehouse of Nockstore Company Limited, a local establishment situated at No. 103, Moo 1, within Wat Bang Sri Mueang lane, off the Bang Sri Mueang road. Fire engines from various nearby areas, including the municipality of Bang Sri Mueang, Bang Kra Sang, Sai Ma and Nonthaburi, were rushed to the site in concern, alongside a massive force of volunteer firemen.

 

A two-storey edifice of considerable size, the ablaze building, located on a three-acre plot, was a relatively new construction barely a year old. As a storehouse for numerous, potentially flammable articles, the fire spread with remarkable speed, fuelled further by the force of the blowing wind. Firefighters, therefore, had to tirelessly direct water jets from all sides to contain the blaze. Located on the right side of the building’s ground floor was the office of the company, which the firefighting unit managed to douse promptly.

 

by Samantha Rose

Top Photo courtesy of Sanook

 

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[midasthailand]

Had this warehouse been fitted with an ECSPD device the fire would not have occurred. This device, invented in South Korea, during the Pandemic, is available in Thailand from CDW Global.

[hotchilli]

No internal fire suppression system and no fire detection system linked to fire departments?

[DGS1244]

There is no proof that a ECSPD system would have prevented the fire and if you check the numbers it mans that each 'Fire Appliance' carried two people, guess the driver and officer. I have checked so many warehouses in Thailand that are a fire risk.

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

was the office of the company, which the firefighting unit managed to douse promptly.

 

How convenient - saving the insurance documents???

[PETERTHEEATER]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

.......of over 50 fire engines and greater than one hundred firemen.......

An unbelievable ratio.