Destructive Fire At First-Floor Soi Six Apartment

Monk’s portrait survives destructive fire at South Pattaya apartment

PATTAYA: Unattended burning incense is being blamed for a fire at a South Pattaya apartment that destroyed most of the room’s contents, except a picture of a revered monk.

Firefighters took about 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze at the first-floor apartment on South Pattaya Road Soi 6 around 1 a.m. Nov. 13. No one was injured and damaged was confined to the single apartment.

Sakuna Phusri, 56, said she heard a bang and see what looked like flames inside the locked apartment rented by a 50-year-old eyeglasses vendor and his brother, both of whom were out. Investigators determined the fire started at a Buddhist alter where the renters had left incense burning on top of a stack of books.

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-- Pattaya One 2011-11-25

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