webfact Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Maths teacher burns down the neighborhood after trying faulty fanImage: ThairathBANGKOK: -- A former maths teacher at a top Bangkok school burnt down his house and several of his neighbor's properties after trying out a faulty fan that shorted.Chanin Angsuwothai, 63, was going to bed on the second floor of his townhouse in Samrong and plugged in the fan to see if it would come to life. It did in a hail of sparks, reported Thairath. He ran out of his house to seek help from neighbors but it was too late.The fire quickly took hold and destroyed his property and the one next door and caused serious damage to three others. Ten fire engines took one hour to bring the blaze under control. It happened in Soi Patanasuk off the Theparak Road south east of Bangkok in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday.Several pet dogs and cats were saved in one of the properties while others are missing, believed to have fled the scene. No people were injured.Chanin was a maths teacher at Assumption School Bang Rak before he retired. He told police that he had plugged the fan in to see if it would work but that it had shorted and he had run out of the house to seek help.Source: Thairath-- 2016-07-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 " He told police that he had plugged the fan in to see if it would work but that it had shorted and he had run out of the house to seek help." Well, now he knows that it worked the opposite, and instead to cool the house, it heat it up, to a crisp..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjmmi Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 "Several pet dogs and cats were saved in one of the properties while others are missing, believed to have fled the scene" You would think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why didn't he unplug it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 ^ He was a math teacher... but apparently not a logic teacher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The stuttering parrot Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 This story just doesn't add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why didn't he unplug it? It didn't compute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Somebody should teach the teacher Brains are lacking. He ran out to get help. Should have unplugged it/ turned the power off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Panic set in,common sense went out the window,with 2 cats. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. Edited July 27, 2016 by mesterm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Oxygen + Heat + Source = Fire................................................ Edited July 27, 2016 by chainarong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. I think being a retired Maths Teacher from Assumption, the reporter was trying to point out that the said person should have had more brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 That's what you get when your knowledge about AC/DC stops with an Australian band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. I think being a retired Maths Teacher from Assumption, the reporter was trying to point out that the said person should have had more brains. Yeah 63 year old retirees make mistakes. Just like many of the geniuses on this forum do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. I think being a retired Maths Teacher from Assumption, the reporter was trying to point out that the said person should have had more brains. Yeah 63 year old retirees make mistakes. Just like many of the geniuses on this forum do. I'm sure we've all plugged in an appliance, unaware that it was faulty, only to either find it no longer works and/or that it trips a circuit breaker/fuse. Thankfully that's usually the extent of what happens. We don't usually experience sparks flying about igniting flammable objects nearby. Apparently he didn't have a fire extinguisher available and ran out of the house to seek help and alert neighbors. Fire started by faulty appliances are, unfortunately, fairly common. Based on what was written I don't see that having "more brains," aside from being a meaningless comment, would have resulted in a different result under the circumstance. As far as I know, people have only one brain and the option to have more of them is not currently available. Obviously the choice of headlines was intended, successfully, to produce the anticipated responses about things adding up or calculating or being factored in, etc. Edited July 27, 2016 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 ^ He was a math teacher... but apparently not a logic teacher! In Thailand a maths teacher at a top Bangkok school is a man able to add 20 and 70 and 10, without error, using his calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 ^ He was a math teacher... but apparently not a logic teacher! In Thailand a maths teacher at a top Bangkok school is a man able to add 20 and 70 and 10, without error, using his calculator. You'd be surprised. Then again, most truths would surprise racists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 HOW to piss of your neighbours burn their houses down, well i can see where the headline was alluding to, you would have thought he had a brain but we know taxi drivers haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextStationBangkok Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 It is a well calculated mess....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyman Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver.I think being a retired Maths Teacher from Assumption, the reporter was trying to point out that the said person should have had more brains. Yeah 63 year old retirees make mistakes. Just like many of the geniuses on this forum do. I'm sure we've all plugged in an appliance, unaware that it was faulty, only to either find it no longer works and/or that it trips a circuit breaker/fuse. Thankfully that's usually the extent of what happens. We don't usually experience sparks flying about igniting flammable objects nearby. Apparently he didn't have a fire extinguisher available and ran out of the house to seek help and alert neighbors. Fire started by faulty appliances are, unfortunately, fairly common. Based on what was written I don't see that having "more brains," aside from being a meaningless comment, would have resulted in a different result under the circumstance. As far as I know, people have only one brain and the option to have more of them is not currently available. Obviously the choice of headlines was intended, successfully, to produce the anticipated responses about things adding up or calculating or being factored in, etc. Why not run to the bathroom to get some water? That would be my first thought, a fire does not ignite and burns down a house in a few seconds only, I agree with some of the posters that running out and leave the fire to spread at will was at least not really clever, was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yeah 63 year old retirees make mistakes. Just like many of the geniuses on this forum do. I'm sure we've all plugged in an appliance, unaware that it was faulty, only to either find it no longer works and/or that it trips a circuit breaker/fuse. Thankfully that's usually the extent of what happens. We don't usually experience sparks flying about igniting flammable objects nearby. Apparently he didn't have a fire extinguisher available and ran out of the house to seek help and alert neighbors. Fire started by faulty appliances are, unfortunately, fairly common. Based on what was written I don't see that having "more brains," aside from being a meaningless comment, would have resulted in a different result under the circumstance. As far as I know, people have only one brain and the option to have more of them is not currently available. Obviously the choice of headlines was intended, successfully, to produce the anticipated responses about things adding up or calculating or being factored in, etc. Why not run to the bathroom to get some water? That would be my first thought, a fire does not ignite and burns down a house in a few seconds only, I agree with some of the posters that running out and leave the fire to spread at will was at least not really clever, was it? People do often panic and not think straight in stressful situations. Also at his age, he might have feared if the fire suddenly spread and he got stuck inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedsada3 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Good that no one was injured! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedsada3 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why not run to the bathroom to get some water? That would be my first thought, a fire does not ignite and burns down a house in a few seconds only, I agree with some of the posters that running out and leave the fire to spread at will was at least not really clever, was it? It's the last thing I would do: to trow water on an burning electrical appliance! Better trow a blanket on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3030 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 ^ He was a math teacher... but apparently not a logic teacher! Or was using logic.. If the fan was arcing and sparking near the electrical socket.. And some people in Thailand, have been electrocuted, by non-sparking computers.. So, he thought, better a living retired maths teacher, than a dead one? Most people would have unplugged it, with no problems.. And some people would have ran like he did.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrosman Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why didn't he unplug it? He was a Math teacher not a Science teacher or a common sense teacher, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. I thought the same thing, and the neighbors cat is now missing. Slow news day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 What reason was there to point out that he was a math teacher in the headline? Seriously? The story would have been just as "interesting" if it was a taxi driver. I thought the same thing, and the neighbors cat is now missing. Slow news day. Hope they find the cat soon #prayformaew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why didn't he unplug it? He was a Math teacher not a Science teacher or a common sense teacher, right? Yep, plus the equation took to long to work out..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenKadz Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Academics and Politicians have no business attempting a task that might require common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I've had a number of faulty fans. I have one now. Time to buy some some new fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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