PoorSucker Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Second floor of shophouse in Dao Market on Fire. Police, Fire department there. Please avoid, bad traffic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mole Posted April 27, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2014 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Another fire.Breaking News – Fire in ChawengWe 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolut Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lom Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mole Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My True cable internet was also down all day and just came back moments ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachsabine Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 hence Samui Municipality should spend resources on local electricity infrastructure, and not on paying international consultants for advice on inexpensive and unreliable renewable energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 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.. Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lom Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthebook Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) The Fire on Beach Road Edited April 30, 2014 by philthebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Ouch! Nasty. Hope that no one was hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolut Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolut Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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