Sky lantern sets Phuket hillside ablaze

[snoop1130]

Sky lantern sets Phuket hillside ablaze
Sukawin Tanthavanich

PHUKET: -- A sky lantern released on Valentine’s Day left the hillside between Ya Nui and Nai Harn Beach in flames.

“The lantern was released from Promthep viewpoint. However, a shift in the wind caused it to crash back into the hill,” explained Jessica Lee, who witnessed the event from a sailboat anchored off Nai Harn.

It took firefighters more than four hours to extinguish the flames, said Surachai Soison of the Rawai Municipality Fire Department.

Full Story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Sky-lantern-sets-Phuket-hillside-ablaze/63150?desktopversion

-- Phuket Gazette 2016-02-15

[samsensam]

will they ever learn?

hope no one's house was burnt down as has happened in the past.

[LivinginKata]

Often no thought to safety when these laterns are released. Once saw on at Karon lagoon released in a very crowded area and stalls. It failed to take of and landed on the tarp roof of one stall setting it n fire. Complete panic and not one fire exstiguisher in sight.

[tolsti]

When I ran a hotel right on Patong Beach I always posted fire pickets on Loy Kratong night. Everyone thought I was bonkers until one landed in the electricity wires along the front of the hotel.

[Mr Money Bags]

Tethers and a permit are required for their use here in Singapore.

Perhaps other locales should follow suit......

You're Welcome!!

[LivinginKata]

Tethers and a permit are required for their use here in Singapore.

Perhaps other locales should follow suit......

You're Welcome!!

Iwould be interested to know how you tether a Chinese lantern ...

[Mr Money Bags]

Tethers and a permit are required for their use here in Singapore.

Perhaps other locales should follow suit......

You're Welcome!!

Iwould be interested to know how you tether a Chinese lantern ...

You tie one end of a wire to its bottom frame, and then either tie off or weight the other end of the tether. Perhaps this explains it better:

http://www.scdf.gov.sg/content/scdf_internet/en/building-professionals/fire-safety-permit-and-certification/use-of-sky-lantern.html

Never had an errant one here yet......

You're Welcome!!