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Fire breaks out again in Phuket death blaze shop

Fire breaks out again in Phuket death blaze shop

PHUKET: Neighbours of the Chokchai furniture shop where four people died in a blaze on Friday night called the fire brigade this morning (Aug 4) at 9:30 after they saw smoke once again coming out of the second floor of the building.


By Darawan Naknakhon

Monday 4 August 2014 06:15 PM


A firefighter hoses down the room in the furniture store where flames once again broke out today.

A firefighter hoses down the room in the furniture store where flames once again broke out today.

Firefighters again entered the building on Srisuthat Rd where they found a small fire in a pile of mattresses in one of the bedrooms. It was swiftly extinguished, but it was decided to keep a watch on the place in case any other remaining hotspots burst into flame.

In the early hours of Saturday four people, including the shop manager and his wife, the 10-year-old adopted sone of the owner and a friend of the owner died in the first fire at the shop.

Meanwhile, at 2:30 in the afternoon, firefighters responded to a call from the Pearl Hotel in Phuket Town where fire damaged a corridor on the fifth floor, in an area where renovation is currently underway.

No one was in the room at the time and there were no casualties.