Two killed, nine injured in fire, firework explosion in Pathum Thani

BANGKOK: -- Police said the accident happened at 11:30 am at the Udomsup shop in Thanyaburi district.

The blaze from the three-storey shop house spread to engulf five other shop houses.

Police said Paradee Phannusorn, 51, the wife of Udomsup shop owner Alongkorn Bussaratrakul, 46, was killed.

Police said Jiraporn Boonrod, 39, who was an employee of a nearby Apex Marketing firm, was also killed in the blaze.

Police said the fire started in the kitchen and might be started with a leak of cooking gas and the fire spread to the room where fireworks were kept for sale during the Loy Krathong festival, causing an explosion.

-- The Nation 2013-11-12

Shop houses are always a good place to store fire works!

Shop houses are always a good place to store fire works!

Guy Fawkes on a 30 day visa. --Stored near to a gas cylinder ???? another tragic fatality

Stupid is as stupid does.

Darwinism in action. This should convert a few non believers...But not in LOS.

Shop houses are always a good place to store fire works!

Guy Fawkes on a 30 day visa. --Stored near to a gas cylinder ???? another tragic fatality

If the rockets need to be stored upright, then the obvious place to store them is squeezed between the heavy gas cylinders so they cannot fall over. Surely that is obvious to everyone except nit-picking farang...

Darwinism in action. This should convert a few non believers...But not in LOS.

It certainly is Darwin in action, however it is still sad.

This happen right across the road from our village, a little unnerving to say the least. I wasn't home at the time, but a nephew reported he felt the blast at the house. It apparently did quite a bit of damage to the market next to it.