20160126 Thailand Woman dies in grocery shop fire in Prachin Buri
Thailand Jan 26 2016 “Houses” “Stores”
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Woman dies in grocery shop fire in Prachin Buri
Updated: 2016-01-26-10:24
Firefighters battle the flames that razed a shophouse in Prachin Buri’s Prachantakham district overnight. The grocery shop owner lost her life in the blaze.
A woman died in in a fire that razed her shophouse home in tambon Bu Fai of Prachantakham district early on Tuesday, police said.
Pol Maj Arthit Sriprat, the duty officer at the district police station, said he was informed of the fire by a resident who lives near the shop at Ban Noen Pao shortly after 1am.
Five fire engines from the administration organisations of tambons Bu Fai, Nong Kaew and Pho Ngam rushed to the scene, and found the house engulfed in flames fanned up by the strong cold wind. The house was completely burned down in 40 minutes.
The charred body of the grocery shop owner, Chompoo Sithipluem, 59, was found in the ruins after the fire was extinguished.
Police said the woman was alone in the house. Her husband was not home.
Neighbours said they heard a loud explosion before the fire started.
Police were investigating.
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