Street parking woes: Costly reminder as Thai condo car ignites

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A car was set ablaze after being parked on the street due to a lack of parking spaces at a condominium in Pluak Daeng district, Rayong. The street parking incident serves as a costly reminder of the risks associated with street parking.

 

A member of the We Are Consumers group shared the cautionary tale, stating that she had recently moved to a condo in the Pluak Daeng area and was shocked at the lack of parking spaces. Despite previous visits during the evening, she had not noticed the parking problem. She assumed it was due to it being a Sunday and most residents were at home.

 

At around 1am, she was forced to park on the street as the condo’s parking was already full. After sleeping for about an hour, she was awakened by a fire alarm and discovered her car was on fire. She ran to find the condo’s security, but they were unable to do much help as they did not have emergency contact numbers, nor did they have any information to contact the owners of the two cars parked next to hers.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo: KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-24

 

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[hotchilli]

My friend lives in an Uea Athon aprtment complex...

14 separate buildings each consisting of 5 floors with 9 apartments on each floor [45 rooms]

each building has only 9 marked parking spaces.

[huangnon]

^I'd be more worried about the type of psycho that would deliberately destroy your car by arson, tbh.

Hope they checked no one was inside first.