Devastating scenes in China as 13 children dead after school fire
Thirteen schoolchildren aged nine and 10 are confirmed to have died after a fire broke out in a school dormitory in central China, the country’s Xinhua state news agency reported.…
Jodd Fairs market in Bangkok suffers extensive damage after fire breaks out
A fire at a popular open market in central Bangkok on Wednesday spewed clouds of black smoke visible from all over the Thai capital. Video footage taken from nearby buildings…
Town house in Sathu Pradit Soi 45 caught fire with 2 dead and 2 Injured
A five-story townhouse used as a billboard business caught fire. Two people were killed and two were injured when residents of Soi Sathupradit 45 leaped to their deaths from the…
Bus no 38 on fire in Pratunam
On Saturday night, the roof of Bangkok's electric bus number 38 caught fire after it scratched the bottom of an overhead bridge at Pratunam crossroads in Ratchathewi district.
PM 2.5 levels in Mae Hong Son are dangerous
Following weeks of forest fires and burning of farms, the authorities reported that the tourist town of Pai in Mae Hong Son province is choked with PM2.5 ultra-fine dust at…
Multi-billion-baht fire truck scandal still burning after 2 decades
A long-smoldering corruption case has reignited after the Supreme Administrative Court recently ordered the heirs of late Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej to pay 587 million baht in compensation for his…
Twelve injured in Bon Kai fire, 100+ take refuge, support payments to be issued
More than 100 adults and children are now taking temporary refuge at the local youth centre, after about 30 houses were burned down or heavily damaged in a two-hour blaze…
Four injured by smoke, 30 houses in Bangkok’s Bon Kai community razed by fire
Four people suffered the effects of smoke inhalation and about 30, mostly dilapidated houses in the Bon Kai crowded community on Rama 4 Road in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district were burned…