Pattaya beer bar catches on fire, landlord accuses evicted tenant of arson

Caitlin AshworthPublished: 17:07, 13 November 2020| Updated: 17:07, 13 November 2020

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Pattaya beer bar catches on fire, landlord accuses evicted tenant of arson

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A Pattaya landlord is accusing an evicted tenant of arson after a beer bar housed in his building caught on fire late yesterday morning. Police and firefighters are continuing their investigation and did not comment on what they suspect caused the fire.

The building owner, 68 year old Chanathida Rasamussen, says the fire was out when he arrived at the scene, but smoke was still rolling out. He told Pattaya News that he doesn’t think it was an accident and is putting the blame on his former tenant who was evicted after going a year without paying rent.

Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.