Fire breaks out at luxury hotel in Bangkok, no injuries reported

Petch PetpailinTuesday, March 15, 2022Last Updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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Fire breaks out at luxury hotel in Bangkok, no injuries reported

A fire broke out at the 18-storey luxury hotel in Bangkok early this morning. There were no reports of deaths and injuries. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but firefighters say it may have started at a pile of trash outside the hotel and moved up the electricity pole to the wires connected to the eighth floor of the hotel.

At around 3am, a fire was reported on the eighth floor of the hotel on Si Ayutthaya Road in the Phraya Thai area of Bangkok. Officers from Phraya Thai Police Station and the Office of Disaster Prevention Mitigation were called to the scene. Firefighters brought three fire trucks to the scene.

Guests at the hotel, both Thais and foreigners, were evacuated. It took firefighters around 15 minutes to stop the fire and clear the smoke. After the fire was extinguished, firefighters investigated the area and say it may have started at a pile of trash outside and moved up to the eighth level from the electricity pole and connecting wires. A further investigation on the cause of the fire would be conducted later.

SOURCE: Khaosod | Prachachat

Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.