melonf Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Ambulances and rescue workers have been streaming down Pratamnak Soi 6 near Pattaya Park It seems that there has been a construction site collapse at a new View Talay condo development. It is reported that many workers have been killed (Thai neighbour reporters that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasabi Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Sad: Yes Surprised: No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Does anyone know which View Talay, 5 or 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazmlb Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 There was a large scale exercise at Amari north Pattaya today involving emergency services, where a staged incident where 3 were killed and 5 received severe burns, there possibly could have been a 2nd exercise in Jomtien as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 There was a large scale exercise at Amari north Pattaya today involving emergency services, where a staged incident where 3 were killed and 5 received severe burns, there possibly could have been a 2nd exercise in Jomtien as well. it as collapsed and as far as i know something to do with elevator shaft not 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1unique Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Update: It was view talay 3, soi 6, pratumnak This building was completed a few years ago and has people living in it, aprox 6 people known dead, and loads trapped inside still. It was something to do with a lift shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Update:It was view talay 3, soi 6, pratumnak This building was completed a few years ago and has people living in it, aprox 6 people known dead, and loads trapped inside still. It was something to do with a lift shaft. How many people can they fit in one lift? 6 dead, loads more trapped? Additional details would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 No mention of the incident in any online media so far. I am constantly checking the news feeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 No mention of the incident in any online media so far. I am constantly checking the news feeds. I live next door and my massage lady arrived just after 12. She was shaking as she told me about it but she said there was an explosion and around 50 were dead or trapped. Apparently many survivors ran onto the beach where she was at the time and most were Cambodian and Burmese workers she said. I can see the area from here as a condo blocks my view but amazingly the condo under construction at the rear of this one (same company) is still full steam ahead in construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermute Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 When they built it I think they meant to name it "View in the talay" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 When they built it I think they meant to name it "View in the talay" Not very nice in lieu of the circumstances ( ) but I guess this is what is referred to as quality German construction and engineering. I hope the dead and injured numbers an abiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The nation is now carrying the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The nation is now carrying the story Can't wait to read that quality reporting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The first photo on their page with a one liner saying a 5 star building collapsed with many injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The first photo on their page with a one liner saying a 5 star building collapsed with many injured. from the nation - A building of five-star hotel in Pattaya which is under construction collapse on Thursday morning, injuring many workers.//Thanasap Noisa-ard Is the View Talay a 5 star hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Not much to the story yet: A building of five-star hotel in Pattaya which is under construction collapse on Thursday morning, injuring many workers. //Thanasap Noisa-ard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libya 115 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Now on Thai national news channel. Very little info. Concrete structure collapse; many injured. No talk of fatalities on news...Probably a lot more information to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Now on Thai national news channel. Very little info. Concrete structure collapse; many injured. No talk of fatalities on news...Probably a lot more information to come. Very astute of you mate. any reference if it was a view prawn talay or in fact as the Nation has attempted to report, a 5 star hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo9 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Sad to hear the news. Hope we can get more information asap.... Edited September 4, 2008 by moo9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOwl888 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Can somebody post a link to the news story please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUNCHER Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Not much to the story yet: A building of five-star hotel in Pattaya which is under construction collapse on Thursday morning, injuring many workers. //Thanasap Noisa-ard Is this View Telay? Seems I saw this picture afew months ago - an LK project I think. Might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 The story is now on Pattaya one website 5 injured following Collapse at 5 Star Hotel Construction site. http://www.pattayaone.net/news_04_09_51.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Not much to the story yet: A building of five-star hotel in Pattaya which is under construction collapse on Thursday morning, injuring many workers. //Thanasap Noisa-ard Is this View Telay? Seems I saw this picture afew months ago - an LK project I think. Might be wrong Not sure, that's the pic the Nation had on their site. I think the LK project your referring to was higher at the time (if I recall the pics from that one correctly). P1 News has an article on it now: 5 injured following Collapse at 5 Star Hotel Construction site. Just after 10.30 on Thursday Morning, Police were called to a construction site of a new 5 Star Hotel in Soi 6 off the Pratamnak Road in South Pattaya, following reports of a partial collapse of the construction. Rescue Unit rushed to the scene following initial reports that persons were trapped within the wreckage and fatalities may have occurred. The Site manager quickly confirmed that everyone had been accounted for and 5 people were injured including a local journalist who hit a pole as he rushed around the site to get the first pictures of the collapse. Khun Prachar, the Governor of Chonburi also rushed to the scene fearing that fatalities had occurred. The construction is thought to be a Hotel with underground car park and according to Investigators; cement was being laid on the second floor when the collapse took place. Further investigations are now taking place and for now Police have ordered the construction site to be closed until a full safety review is undertaken. Pattaya One News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUNCHER Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I think your right Kerryd. The background didn't look like View Telay. Got my horrible,, nasty cynical suspicious mind working overtime. Should have known no newspaper in Thailand would use old pictures for a current story. Silly me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughden Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 It was at the site next to the two View Talay blocks on Dongtan beach (VT3?). Some more photos here: http://www.pattayadays.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsilver Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Not much to the story yet: A building of five-star hotel in Pattaya which is under construction collapse on Thursday morning, injuring many workers. //Thanasap Noisa-ard Is this View Telay? Seems I saw this picture afew months ago - an LK project I think. Might be wrong Not sure, that's the pic the Nation had on their site. I think the LK project your referring to was higher at the time (if I recall the pics from that one correctly). P1 News has an article on it now: 5 injured following Collapse at 5 Star Hotel Construction site. Just after 10.30 on Thursday Morning, Police were called to a construction site of a new 5 Star Hotel in Soi 6 off the Pratamnak Road in South Pattaya, following reports of a partial collapse of the construction. Rescue Unit rushed to the scene following initial reports that persons were trapped within the wreckage and fatalities may have occurred. The Site manager quickly confirmed that everyone had been accounted for and 5 people were injured including a local journalist who hit a pole as he rushed around the site to get the first pictures of the collapse. Khun Prachar, the Governor of Chonburi also rushed to the scene fearing that fatalities had occurred. The construction is thought to be a Hotel with underground car park and according to Investigators; cement was being laid on the second floor when the collapse took place. Further investigations are now taking place and for now Police have ordered the construction site to be closed until a full safety review is undertaken. Pattaya One News So how does this fit with: "Update: It was view talay 3, soi 6, pratumnak This building was completed a few years ago and has people living in it, aprox 6 people known dead, and loads trapped inside still. It was something to do with a lift shaft." OR "I live next door and my massage lady arrived just after 12. She was shaking as she told me about it but she said there was an explosion and around 50 were dead or trapped. Apparently many survivors ran onto the beach where she was at the time and most were Cambodian and Burmese workers she said." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgjackson69 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 No mention of the incident in any online media so far. I am constantly checking the news feeds. I live next door and my massage lady arrived just after 12. She was shaking as she told me about it but she said there was an explosion and around 50 were dead or trapped. Apparently many survivors ran onto the beach where she was at the time and most were Cambodian and Burmese workers she said. I can see the area from here as a condo blocks my view but amazingly the condo under construction at the rear of this one (same company) is still full steam ahead in construction. Why "amazingly"? Why would construction stop on another site, even if it is the same company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 It could be nice to change the title. View Talay is not concerned by this accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Don't know if any people died but this thread sure did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 topic title edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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