Pickup truck fire sparks alarm on Karon beachfront

A pickup truck fire sparked alarm among locals and tourists along the Karon beachfront yesterday, September 23. The blaze broke out around 12.10pm near the Thavorn Palm Beach Hotel.

Firefighters from Karon Municipality, along with traffic police, swiftly responded, rushing to the location of the fire. They found a white Nissan pickup truck, registered in Phuket, with flames and smoke pouring from its engine compartment.

Firefighters managed to quickly extinguish the flames. No injuries were reported.

Preliminary investigations indicate the fire likely resulted from a short circuit in the vehicle’s electrical system, which destroyed the engine, according to police.

Police are currently working to identify the owner of the pickup truck to gather more information and confirm the exact cause of the blaze, reported Phuket News.

In related news, a collision between a pickup truck and a semi-trailer truck led to a fiery blaze that destroyed the pickup, while the truck driver and a 10 year old boy survived the incident in Chon Buri. A violent crash occurred on April 7 on highway 331 in the Na Wang Hin district of Chon Buri province.

A semi-trailer truck, bearing the registration 63-3022 Bangkok, collided with a pickup truck, engulfing the latter in flames. Emergency services, including the Swasang Het Ban Thung Hieng rescue unit and the Na Wang Hin local fire brigade, rapidly responded to the scene.

In other news, a 22-wheel trailer truck carrying 15 tonnes of rubber scrap caught fire near a gas station, causing significant damage and triggering a substantial emergency response. Five fire trucks were dispatched to control the blaze, which erupted around 4.05am on June 13.

Police received a report of the fire from Apivat Sinpru, an investigator at the Thammasala Police Station. The incident occurred in front of the Siam Gas station on Boromratchachonnani Road, Sala Thammasop subdistrict, Thawi Watthana district, Bangkok. Firefighters arrived promptly and began efforts to extinguish the fire.