30 Families Lose Homes to Khlong Toei Slum Fire

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

Firefighters at the scene of a fire Friday night in the capital's Khlong Toei district.

 

BANGKOK — At least 30 families were living in tents Saturday after their homes in an impoverished quarter of Bangkok were destroyed in a blaze.

 

The fire ravaged a 286-household slum next to Wat Saphan Canal in the capital’s Khlong Toei district at about 9:30pm on Friday, police said. The cause and source of the fire are still under investigation.

 

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Traditionally sections of Klong Toi have always gone up in flames as the Chinese tradition of settling all debts by insurance claims by Chinese New Year is observed.

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