Pair of news story from June 22:

Chiang Rai Officials Perplexed Over Heat Emanating From Under Home

ChiangRaiTimes | Published On: Mon, Jun 22nd, 2015

CHIANG RAI -Thoeng District chief Sutthiluck Rakcharoen has reported that soldiers and local officials are apparently perplexed as to the cause of a high level of heat coming from beneath a house in Chiang Rai’s Thoeng district.

Officials inspected the house in Ban Nong Raed Nua Moo 2 village after the owner, Sawang Siri-ard, 71, complained he and his family were frightened by how hot the concrete house had become.

District chief Sutthiluck Rakcharoen, who led the team, said an initial inspection found heat emanating from under a newly built room in the one-storey, 20-year-old house.

The heat was detected near a concrete pillar in the new room, Siamrath Online reported.

Officials put a cup of water near the pole and were stunned to see the water boil in five minutes.

Mr Sawang then broke through the wall of the room for officials to investigate further. Suddenly, hot vapor poured from the wall.

Mr Sutthiluck said the mysterious heat was found five days ago and there were only three people staying in the house – Mr Sawang, his wife and their grandchild.

He said he could offer no explanation for the heat.

Chiang Rai Hothouse Caused By Faulty Electrical

ChiangRaiTimes | Published On: Tue, Jun 23rd, 2015

CHIANG RAI – A team of electricians were sent to inspect the house of Sawang Siri-ard, 71, in the Ban Nong Raed Nua Moo 2 village of Thoeng district, after he discovered the new room he added was heating the house up like a sauna.

The Electricians measured the floor temperature at the pillar and recorded a shocking 62 degrees Celsius, however after they cut the power supply to the home the temperature fall to 38 degrees Celsius.

After a thorough examination of the wiring in the new room revealed an electrical leak near the bathroom, electricians repaired the wiring and the room slowly returned to normal temperature levels, Thoeng district chief Sutthiluck Rakcharoen reported on Tuesday.

Adul Jaitabut, a senior geologist at the Lampang-based Mineral Resources Regional Office, said worries the heat build up may have been caused by gas leaking from under the ground or by a seismic fault were misplaced.

So many questions.

But I bet that there's gonna be one heck of an electric bill.

Unbelievable electric bill. That much resistance should have also gotten the meter hot from spinning fast, LOL.