China News Service, June 27. According to the WeChat public account "UDNTHAI" of Thailand's "World Daily", at 11:30 noon on June 26 local time, a huge fire broke out in Chinatown, Yaohua Lak Road, Sanpanthaong District, Bangkok, Thailand. A store in front of Sanpin Market was suspected of being electrocuted due to aging wires. A large transformer in front of the store exploded and caused a fire, which then quickly spread to the store. So far, 2 people have been killed, 9 people have been injured, and 2 cars have been burned. There are 6 stores Shops were affected.
Police are currently investigating the cause of the fire.
According to reports, after the fire broke out, shantang volunteers, relief workers, 20 fire trucks and medical staff rushed to the scene and saw thick smoke billowing from the 4-storey commercial building. The shop mainly sold cloth bags and plastic bags. , paper bags and finished boxes are located on the side of the road in front of the commercial center of Sanpin Wholesale Market. The fire continued to spew out from the large transformer and quickly spread to the second floor full of flammable goods, causing the entire building to be swallowed up by the fire. Several buildings were also affected, and two cars parked in front of the shop were also burned.
Firefighters kept spraying water around the fire commercial building, and dispatched a crane from the Bangkok Disaster Relief and Prevention Office to assist in the rescue. After more than three hours of rescue, the fire was finally brought under control, but 9 people died due to inhalation of too much smoke. Injured, they were sent to Huaqiao Hospital and BMA General Hospital for treatment.
Jin Dara (34 years old), an employee of the fire-fighting shop, told the police that at about 11 o'clock before the incident, a staff from the electric power bureau came to the shop to check and repair the lines. After the staff left, she and several vendors next to her were gone. I noticed that the wires in front of the store made a sound similar to electric shock. At that time, I also questioned whether the staff had tied the wires when they left. After a while, liquid spewed out of the large transformer in front of the store, accompanied by two explosions. She was so frightened that she immediately rushed out of the store and ran to the opposite road.
Jin Dara said that as soon as she ran across, a fire broke out from the transformer and quickly spread to the shop. She did not know what happened to the two colleagues (1 male and 1 female) who worked with her, who were working in the building at the time.
The police have confirmed that they have found the remains of the two deceased, one of whom was trapped in the commodity shelf downstairs and the other trapped upstairs, but the specific identities of the two have not been confirmed.
After the fire was put out, the police immediately blocked the 150-meter radius of the incident, and did not allow unrelated persons to enter, because they were worried that the building would collapse due to the fire, and it was necessary to wait for the building to cool down before entering for a detailed investigation.