Fire in Chaweng.

[PoorSucker]

Second floor of shophouse in Dao Market on Fire.

Police, Fire department there.

Please avoid, bad traffic.

[Mole]

I was in my apartment, so didn't noticed anything. But I did hear a kind of loud horn, which I at first thought "Oh it's the train coming..." but then I remembered, "Wait a minute... I'm in Samui..."

Everything is quiet now and traffic is normal.

[PoorSucker]

Another fire.


Breaking News – Fire in Chaweng
We are receiving reports of a large fire at the main junction of the Chaweng Beach Road where a transponder has caught fire.

http://www.samuitimes.com/breaking-news-fire-in-chaweng/

[Absolut]

Another fire.

Breaking News Fire in Chaweng

We are receiving reports of a large fire at the main junction of the Chaweng Beach Road where a transponder has caught fire.

http://www.samuitimes.com/breaking-news-fire-in-chaweng/

I wonder if the huge power draw from Central Festival has anything to do with this one.

[lom]

Another fire.

Breaking News Fire in Chaweng

We are receiving reports of a large fire at the main junction of the Chaweng Beach Road where a transponder has caught fire.

http://www.samuitimes.com/breaking-news-fire-in-chaweng/

I wonder if the huge power draw from Central Festival has anything to do with this one.

No, their transformer (not transponder) is not in a Chaweng Beach Road junction.

This is more likely a general overheating of the transformer due to high ambient temperature in combination with overloading (aircons running all day in the hot weather).

The transformer explosion season is here..

Edited April 29, 2014 by lom

[PoorSucker]

[Mole]

My True cable internet was also down all day and just came back moments ago.

[beachsabine]

hence Samui Municipality should spend resources on local electricity infrastructure, and not on paying international consultants for advice on inexpensive and unreliable renewable energy

[BigC]

Looks like autobots lost the battle to the decepicons

Another fire.

Breaking News Fire in Chaweng

We are receiving reports of a large fire at the main junction of the Chaweng Beach Road where a transponder has caught fire.

http://www.samuitimes.com/breaking-news-fire-in-chaweng/

I wonder if the huge power draw from Central Festival has anything to do with this one.

No, their transformer (not transponder) is not in a Chaweng Beach Road junction.

This is more likely a general overheating of the transformer due to high ambient temperature in combination with overloading (aircons running all day in the hot weather).

The transformer explosion season is here..

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[lom]

hence Samui Municipality should spend resources on local electricity infrastructure, and not on paying international consultants for advice on inexpensive and unreliable renewable energy

Electricity generation and distribution is handled by EGAT and PEA, not the Samui Municipality so you are barking up the wrong tree.

[Mole]

Pics or it didn't happen! Unfortunately it did happen, but fortunately the flames were quickly contained and did not spread to other units.

It was on the 2nd floor of this phone shop.

[philthebook]

The Fire on Beach Road

Edited April 30, 2014 by philthebook

[Tropicalevo]

Ouch! Nasty.

Hope that no one was hurt.

[Absolut]

Wow, that's a lot of fires in the one area lately. I think the comment earlier about needing to upgrade local infrastructure was spot on.

The jumbled mass of wires that line the beach road are certainly a fire hazard. First time I saw it I was amazed.

[samuijimmy]

Wow, that's a lot of fires in the one area lately. I think the comment earlier about needing to upgrade local infrastructure was spot on.

The jumbled mass of wires that line the beach road are certainly a fire hazard. First time I saw it I was amazed.

Some times, perhaps most of the time, (?) these wires are old lines that were cut and replaced, but the old lines not removed.... so they are not all "live"..... So I was told...anyway or some one sent a video about that in BKK once ! .... so it becomes more of an eye sore .....

It actually surprises me that there are not more fires, generally.... I suppose if there were better attention would be given to it all....

I did see PEA lopping branches away from power lines yesterday.... a lot more of than needs to be done...

Edited May 1, 2014 by samuijimmy

[Absolut]

Wow, that's a lot of fires in the one area lately. I think the comment earlier about needing to upgrade local infrastructure was spot on.

The jumbled mass of wires that line the beach road are certainly a fire hazard. First time I saw it I was amazed.

Some times, perhaps most of the time, (?) these wires are old lines that were cut and replaced, but the old lines not removed.... so they are not all "live"..... So I was told...anyway or some one sent a video about that in BKK once ! .... so it becomes more of an eye sore .....

It actually surprises me that there are not more fires, generally.... I suppose if there were better attention would be given to it all....

I did see PEA lopping branches away from power lines yesterday.... a lot more of than needs to be done...

When tbere in October last year I was driving up the soi in Chaweng near the older Muay Thai stadium, there on the right was one guy standing on a branch of a tree, holding onto another and sawing away, lopping away branches near the mass of wires.

All I could think was how stringent the OH&S laws are back home and only in Thailand would they work like that (well perhaps in a few SE Asian countries).

At least they were getting the job done, hopefully without anyone getting hurt. It was certainly a sight.