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Breaking News: Four dead in Phuket Town fire

Legacy Phuket GazetteSaturday, August 2, 2014Last Updated: Saturday, August 2, 2014

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Breaking News: Four dead in Phuket Town fire

PHUKET: Four people died in a furniture shop blaze in Phuket Town early this morning.

One of the five people trapped by the flames managed to leap from the second storey of the building to safety.

It took about three hours for firefighters to contain the fire.

— Saran Mitrarat

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