Fire breaks out at Pattaya discotheque early Thursday

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Fire breaks out at Pattaya discotheque early Thursday
By The Nation

 

PATTAYA: -- A fire broke out at a popular discotheque on Pattaya walking street early Thursday, sending over 100 Thai and foreign patrons to run for their life.

 

There were no reported casualties in the fire at The Natcha Club, which broke out at 3:30 am, according to Pattaya police.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30300167

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-11-17

[Chang_paarp]

Don't suppose that pointing out 3.30am is somewhat passed the designated closing time for entertainment venues even in the "entertainment precinct" will raise an eyebrow with the current authorities.

[daveAustin]

^^ Eyebrows will certainly be raised, but only because it made the news, which would kind of suggest said authorities' palms were greased.  

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Walking Street Fire, over 100 run for their lives

By Digital Admin -

 

 

PATAYA: -- At 3am, on the morning of November 17, Pattaya rescue services raced to Walking Street after receiving reports of a fire at the Natcha Disco.

 

Three fire appliances were on the scene as over one-hundred customers had escaped the blaze.

 

Police officers closed the road but fire-fighters soon discovered the problem had been tackled by Nathca security staff using fire extinguishers.

 

Witnesses said that the fire appeared to be coming from a first floor window in a room not used by the public.

 

Investigators believe the cause to have been a short circuit on the CCTV control panel. A forensic team has been instructed to carry out an investigation.

 

There are no reported injuries although there has been an estimated one-million baht’s worth of damage.

 

Report shared by Pattaya One News Team

 

Source: http://pattayaone.news/en/walking-street-fire-100-run-lives/

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya One 2016-11-17

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Predawn fire at Pattaya’s walking street discotheque

 

 

PATTAYA: -- A predawn fire broke out today at a well-known discotheque in Pattaya's walking street, forcing hundreds of Thai and foreign tourists to run out in panic.

 

Fortunately nobody was hurt in the brief fire which happened at Natcha Club at 3.30 am today.

 

According to Pattaya police, the fire was alerted to the police around 3.30 am, and they immediately called in fire police to rush to the fire scene at Natcha Club, along with rescue workers of the Sawang Boriboon charity foundation.

 

As three fire trucks arrived, tourists were still running out of the place in panic.

 

Authorities and rescue workers then sealed off the area and prevented unauthorized persons to enter while facilitating the firemen to work.

 

The fire was put out by the staff of the discotheque before spreading.

 

Initial questioning of eyewitnesses revealed that the fire started at the office  room of the club on the second floor.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/predawn-fire-at-pattayas-walking-street-discotheque/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-11-17

[Emster23]

I would guess maybe some were "running to avoid paying their bill"

[KenKadz]

INSURANCE????

[Jim walker]

calmly evacuating all customers first well done staff and management safety being the key word all that hours spent on Fire and evacuation training paid off at last, once again in Thailand could have turned out a lot worse with loss of life especially in Thailand with fire doors frequently padlocked and bolted shut.    

[wpcoe]

All three articles refer to the place as "Natcha" when the large sign in the photo says "Nashaa"?

[wanderluster]

dont know this nashaa/natcha place but i left marine disco at approx 4am and did not see anything out of the ordinary. must be a russian or arab place closer to bali hai?

[pegman]

14 hours ago, wanderluster said:

dont know this nashaa/natcha place but i left marine disco at approx 4am and did not see anything out of the ordinary. must be a russian or arab place closer to bali hai?

Seems it's the largest Indian club in Pattaya situated at WS & Soi16.

[Basil B]

I am really concerned about many of the "illegal" properties on walking street, only one way out, built with no building control, fire reg's was just another thing they ignored.

[The manic]

On Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 10:44 PM, wpcoe said:

All three articles refer to the place as "Natcha" when the large sign in the photo says "Nashaa"?

Nashaa - a punjabi or hindi word meaning stoned or drunk.