120730 Big blaze in central Hat Yai
Thailand Jul 30 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: Bangkok Post
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/305010/fire-rages-central-hat-yai
Date: 30 July, 2012
Country: Thailand
Big blaze in central Hat Yai (pix)
Updated: 2012-07-30-11:42
A fire broke out in the heart of Hat Yai city in Songkhla province early Monday morning and burned down nine houses before it was brought under control.
Pol Lt-Col Thammarat Phetnongchum, deputy chief of Hat Yai police, said the fired started about 5.30am at a two-storey house opened as a barber shop named Harid, at the intersection of Saengchan and Saeng Arthit roads, about 100m from Kim Yong market.
Ten fire engines from the Hat Yai municipality rushed to the scene and brought the fire under control in about one hour, but not before nine houses were burned down.
There were no reports of death or injury.
The authorities were investigating the cause of the fire and assessing the damage, which was believed to be around seven million baht.