Fire at Big Moose bar near Pattaya Beach traps six residents
A fire at the Big Moose beer bar and rental rooms near Pattaya Beach Road trapped six residents early yesterday morning. The blaze erupted around 7.30am, yesterday, October 7, originating on the ground floor and blocking all exits, which left the residents unable to escape unaided.
Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and began dousing the flames with water. They successfully evacuated the trapped individuals and rushed them to Pattaya Hospital for urgent medical care.
The ground floor, where the beer bar operates, suffered significant damage from the fire. However, the upper floors, which are rented out as rooms, remained undamaged. Firefighters also ventilated the building to clear out the smoke.
Wannee Phanlai, the caretaker of the rental rooms, shared her harrowing experience. While resting on the fifth floor, she received a call informing her about the fire. Rushing downstairs, she encountered heavy smoke and chaos. She attempted to navigate through the smoke and flames, seeing officials already battling the fire with extinguishers.
Wannee, who manages the property for the owner, mentioned that she had never encountered such an incident before. She suspects that the fire might have been caused by an electrical short circuit on the ground floor, especially since she heard explosions while the fire was being doused.
Police are currently investigating the scene to determine the precise cause of the fire, reported Pattaya News.
In related news, firefighters battled a blaze on the second floor of a house in Bangkok, discovering the tragic scene of 11 dead cats and five severely injured. The owner was in shock, revealing she housed 29 cats there. Officers from Thungkhru Police Station received a report of a fire at 6.40pmon October 4, at a residential home within Khlong Kao Hong community, Soi Pracha Uthit 90, Thung Khru district, Bangkok. Firefighters from Thung Khru Station were immediately dispatched, along with volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation.
