snoop1130 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Sky lantern sets Phuket hillside ablazeSukawin 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 will they ever learn? hope no one's house was burnt down as has happened in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Money Bags Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Tethers and a permit are required for their use here in Singapore. Perhaps other locales should follow suit...... You're Welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 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 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Money Bags Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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