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  • Thai government announces hotel license amnesty

    Thai government announces hotel license amnesty

    by Bill Barnett, c9hotelworks.com In a significant move by Thailand’s government, a hotel licensing amnesty program has been announced on a nationwide basis. Clearly pressure by hotel owners amidst an large-scale influx of non-licensed accommodation has spurred the action.

  • UPDATE: Chatuchak Weekend Market fire, Bangkok

    UPDATE: Chatuchak Weekend Market fire, Bangkok

    Bangkok’s governo, along with forensic officers, visited the world- famous Chatuchak market this morning to inspect damage caused by last night’s huge blaze that destroyed a total of 120 shops and damaged lots of others (revised up from 30 shops as reported earlier by The Thaiger).

  • Fire at Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market destroys 30 shops

    Fire at Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market destroys 30 shops

    PHOTO: JS 100 radio Bangkok’s famous Chatuchak weekend market caught fire near the Gate 1 area last night. Traffic Police and JS 100 traffic radio stations first reported the blaze around 9.15pm at the sprawling Chatuchak market, north of Bangkok’s main city area. The intense blaze took about an hour to bring under control. Many people reported on their social media accounts that the fire has destroyed up to 30 ships, including all the contents

  • Patong transformer short-out escalates into massive shop fire – VIDEO

    Patong transformer short-out escalates into massive shop fire – VIDEO

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: Phuket Traffic Office People were hastily cleared from around Banana Walk and Patong’s Beach Road was closed off as emergency crews battled to bring a growing fire under control. What started as a simple electrical short in a roadside transformer, quickly escalated into an inferno engulfing nearby roadside shops and nearby buildings

  • Three people reported dead, others injured, 100s flee blaze at Central World Hotel Bangkok

    Three people reported dead, others injured, 100s flee blaze at Central World Hotel Bangkok

    PHOTO: Orchidmo A big fire has broken out on Ratchadamri Road, Pathumwan in the busy Sukhumvit shopping zone in Bangkok. Videos and photos posted online show the blaze and thick smoke spreading from the Centara Grand Hotel, located next to the CentralWorld shopping mall

  • Fire engulfs textile factory in Chon Buri

    Fire engulfs textile factory in Chon Buri

    PHOTO: The Nation A fire has partially destroyed two warehouses at a textile factory in Chon Buri’s Ban Bueng district, north-east of Pattaya. The fire started at the Dtex Industry Company factory in Moo 1 village in Tambon Map Phai before 6:30am yesterday morning.

  • Persian cats perish in Bangkok apartment fire

    Persian cats perish in Bangkok apartment fire

    Two Persian cats suffocated to death during a fire in a room at the National Housing Estate in Nonthaburi’s Pak Kret district yesterday. The two cats were found barely breathing in the flat after 10 fire engines took about 40 minutes to put out the blaze. The cats died shortly after they were taken out of the room despite attempts to try and revive them

  • Fire damages garage along main road in Rassada

    Fire damages garage along main road in Rassada

    A fire has damaged a garage on Thepkrasattri Road in Rassada early today. Fire fighters headed to the fire in Rassada, just north of Phuket Town, around 4am this morning

  • Oil from a lamp started Sunday fire – Moken village headman

    Oil from a lamp started Sunday fire – Moken village headman

    A village headman of the Moken Village in Phang Nga says that oil from a lamp started the fire that engulfed a large portion of the village on Sunday night. A fire destroyed part of the Moken Village (sea gypsy village) on Mu Koh Surin in Phang Nga province. About 67 houses were destroyed while about 18 houses managed to avoid any damage

  • Fire destroys car accessories warehouse in Phuket – VIDEO

    Fire destroys car accessories warehouse in Phuket – VIDEO

    A fire has destroyed a car accessories warehouse in Phuket Town early this morning. The damage costs are estimated at many million baht. Fire fighters were notified of the fire at Hong Kee Auto Sound on Wichit Songkram Road in Phuket Town at 01.40am