School building in Tak's Mae Sot district collapses

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School building collapses
Somjit Rungjamrasrassamee
The Nation


Following a landslide, officials and teachers work to salvage educational materials in a school in Tak. The whole building came crashing down soon after.

TAK: -- A two-storey building at Padeh School in Tak's Mae Sot district damaged by a mudslide collapsed yesterday, but no casualties were reported.

"I saw it happening. At first, there were heavy downpours and then a landslide struck. After that, cracks were appearing all around. Some concrete chunks jutted out and, finally, the whole building crumbled down," a local education official said.

Only some officials and teachers were present, trying to save study materials from the building, but they all managed to run for safety.

After the landslide hit the back of the five-classroom building, the Primary Educational Service Area II Office ordered it closed. The school was instructed to suspend classes for kindergarten and lower primary students.

In Ayutthaya, part of the Chao Phraya River's bank and also the balcony of a house gave away in the morning due to soil erosion. All five residents were unhurt.


-- The Nation 2013-07-29

[monkey4u]

Maybe this will teach those who insist on excavating the sides of hills to make a level area to build.

Gravity and the rain will always win out

Lucky it occured on a Sunday and not a school day

[jaltsc]

Maybe this will teach those who insist on excavating the sides of hills to make a level area to build.

Gravity and the rain will always win out

Lucky it occured on a Sunday and not a school day

As with all other scientifically proven and logical "laws" which do not suit their needs and desires, the Thai government has declared the law of gravity to be a farang myth and thus illegal in Thailand. Therefore the rich and powerful can ignore it and sell their land, no matter where it lies, for any project from which they can profit

Edited July 29, 2013 by jaltsc

[hkt83100]

Lucky it occured on a Sunday and not a school day

Like the Tsunami, which crumbled the school in Kalim (Patong Beach) and Kamala, when it hit the coasts of Phuket.

[AjarnMartin]

Maybe this will teach those who insist on excavating the sides of hills to make a level area to build.

Gravity and the rain will always win out

Lucky it occured on a Sunday and not a school day.

Hear, hear! Additionally, the removal of the 'educational resources' probably filled a motorbike basket... :-(

[JetsetBkk]

Video on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJBl1AS6ET8

[jocko]

Video on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJBl1AS6ET8

Lucky no one was in the school at the time it's shocking that this continues to happen and heads should roll and i dont mean the headmaster.

At least the kids will be happy no school for a while.

[belg]

just a bit of using inferior building materials and no solid foundations to hold everything up

a middle severe earthquake in / around bangkok = most buildings will collapse

[kiwiinasia]

just a bit of using inferior building materials and no solid foundations to hold everything up

a middle severe earthquake in / around bangkok = most buildings will collapse

A middle severe earthquake? Whats that? 3.5 or 7.5 on the richter scale?

I think ANY major city without a history of severe earthquakes will have problems, not just Bangkok.

"Most buildings will collapse" Nope, fire would be a much more likely problem.

[JetsetBkk]

Video on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJBl1AS6ET8

Lucky no one was in the school at the time it's shocking that this continues to happen and heads should roll and i dont mean the headmaster.

At least the kids will be happy no school for a while.

Makes you wonder if there was ANY rebar in that concrete at all.

And it wouldn't take much of an inspection to find out.