Yet Another Fire.

[thecatman]

Looks like there's another pretty bad fire in Bangkok this afternoon, It's down in the residental area of Lad Phrao Soi 41. There must have been 6 or 8 fire trucks go past my Condo along with 3 Ambulance. Appears to be under control now, hopefully without any casualities.

[Jimjim]

I actually remember of hearing of fires all the time in Bangkok, and even observed such black smoke in the distance quite a few times. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the Santika fire and resulting deaths but I was shocked just the same. A lot of fires I remember happening were in slums where there were tons of wooden shacks and rarely seemed to be deaths in those fires, thankfully. Guess the poor people had better escape routes than the rich clubbers.

[RakJungTorlae]

The guy who started this fire was angry at hes next door house for calling the police on him for taking drugs, he lit him self on fire and then ran around there house! and he survived!! Classic..

I live in soi 41.

[Jimjim]

Wow, you live quite close to me ex-girlfriend then.

Edited January 11, 2009 by Jimjim

[allane]

On the subject of fires: Does anyone know what was on fire Sunday evening, the 11th, at about 8:00 p.m., perhaps in Rat Burana or Bang Khun Thien Districts ? As I was going north on Taksin Road, I must have met 15 fire trucks, and an ambulance or two, going southbound.

I searched the Bkk. Post and Nation websites this morning, but didn't find anything.