A fire broke out in a grocery store adjacent to the Mae Ramat Fresh Market, Tak Province,  causing extensive damage and narrowly avoiding the spread to surrounding shops and homes. Estimated losses are around 4 million baht, but 1 million baht in cash was safely recovered from the ashes.

 

The incident was reported to Mae Ramat Police Station early on November 10. Firefighters from Mae Ramat Municipality and volunteers from the Phitak Kan Foundation promptly responded, along with local police.

 

The fire started on the second floor of a two-story wooden building housing the grocery store, which was next to the main market structure. Large clouds of smoke billowed from the upper floor as firefighters worked urgently to control the flames, closing nearby roads to assist with fire containment. After an hour, they managed to extinguish the blaze, but the old, dry wooden structure was completely destroyed.

 

Ms. Maninuch Khemthong, 74 years old, the owner of the house, she said that her house was built next to Mae Ramad fresh market more than 30 years ago. The ground floor sells fish and fresh food. At the time of the incident, she was downstairs in the house and heard a noise similar to an electrical short circuit. It happened near her Buddha statue room on the second floor. A few minutes later, there was a large amount of smoke and flames that quickly spread and burned the entire house and because the wood was old and dry, she had to run for her life amidst the chaos.

 

Ms. Netlamai Wong-ub, 47 years old, the daughter of the owner of the house, who heard the news of the fire at her mother's house, went to inspect the valuables and found that the second floor had been badly damaged by the fire. Fortunately, there was still some good luck, the 1 million baht cash kept by the bed in a safe was not burnt but was just wet from the fire fighting.

 

Police are investigating the cause of the fire, and forensic officers are expected to examine the site to gather further details. The store contained a significant amount of merchandise, contributing to the high financial losses.

 

During the fire, the shop owner and nearby vendors moved belongings to safer locations, fearing the fire would spread to adjacent businesses and homes.

 

Picture from responders.

 

-- 2024-11-11

 

8 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Estimated losses are around 4 million baht, but 1 million baht in cash was safely recovered from the ashes.

I bet someone was sweating for a while until that was recovered.

Losses of 4 mil, what antiques got burnt besides the 30-year-old house