Songkran in Patong awakes to reveal extensive damage and destruction from last night’s beach road blaze. A fire started from a faulty electrical transformer in a loud and spectacular short-circuit, quickly escalating to engulf nearby roadside shops, causing damages estimated at 60 million baht. Firefighters and emergency responders arrived at the scene of the growing fire at 7:40pm around Banana Walk on Thaweewong Road in Patong (the beach road).
PHUKET: The explosion of an electrical transformer in Phuket this afternoon incinerated a noodle vendors cart, injured a woman, and damaged several vehicles.