Fires cause 650,000 baht damage

PHUKET TOWN: A fire at 9.30 pm on Tuesday night destroyed two houses, and a second fire badly damaged a gift shop half a kilometer away, in Phuket Rd, yesterday afternoon. Damage to the houses in Soi Ton Pho was estimated at 400,000 baht, while stock worth 250,000 baht in the gift shop, Baan See Khao, was ruined in the second fire. No one was hurt in either blaze, and firemen took about 30 minutes to extinguish both. In both cases, the cause has yet to be determined.