At 5.15am police were alerted to the fires near and proceeded to dispatch a fire truck to scene, near the Supercheap convenience store, Bang Jo branch, in Sisunthon's Moo 7, where the fire had ignited at three points along a 150-metre section of cable.
Pol Maj Pornthip Chumsri of Thalang Police commented, “Luckily we doused the fire before it could spread to the residential area nearby. We believe it was caused by a short circuit from the rain that was falling at about the time it started. New cables will be installed immediately so residents can use [internet, cable TV and telephones] as usual.”