20130607 Thailand Update: Death plunge in hotel fire (pix)
Thailand Jun 07 2013 “Building” “Complex bldg.”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
Update: Death plunge in hotel fire (pix)
Updated: 2013-06-07-10:13
A woman jumped to her death trying to escape a fire at the eight-storey Success Inn at Phahon Yothin 26, near Phahon Yothin police station, in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok Friday morning.
Seven other people suffered from smoke inhalation and were treated at nearby hospitals.
The police were alerted to the blaze about 7.30am, but it took fire fighters and 10 fire trucks sent to the scene a while to fight their way through morning traffic.
Once there it took them around one hour to control the fire.
Police said the fire started on the third floor. A woman later identified as Urailak Boonsom, 49, jumped from the fourth floor trying to escape the fire, but was killed by the impact.
The police are investigating the cause of the fire.
Websource:Bangkok Post
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/353958/woman-killed-in-jump-from-4th-floor-fleeing-fire-in-bangkok-hotel
Date:2013-06-07
Country:Thailand