Old Phuket couple homeless after fire guts property

Old Phuket couple homeless after fire guts property

Eakkapop Thongtub

The fire totally destroyed the wood and corrugated tin property. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- An old aged couple from Thalang have been left homeless after a fire completely gutted their wood and corrugated tin property last night.

Deputy Chief of Investigation Lt Col Anukul Nooket and Capt Warawut Sensoap of the Thalang Police; Mr Danai Jaikheng, a security officer from Thalang District Office; Mr Somphop Konkaew, Chief of the Thepkrasattri Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), firefighters from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) and rescue workers were called to the scene, at a house in Soi Suanwat 1 (At the back of Thepkrasattri Temple or Wat Baandon) in Thalang, at about 6pm yesterday (Aug 6).

They arrived to find the house, made of wood and corrugated tin, ablaze. Fire fighters took 30mins to put the fire out.

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