Firefighters extinguish the blaze at the Town
Home Commercial Building.
Boonlua Chatree
Fire gutted the upper floors of a Russian tour operator’s
Jomtien Beach building while 30 Burmese employees slept on floors below.
Five fire engines responded to the Jan. 22 blaze at the
Town Home Commercial Building opposite Soi Pratamnak 5 around 5:30 a.m. The
fire was controlled in about 10 minutes.
Remarkably, no one was injured in the fire, even though
about 30 Burmese workers were sleeping downstairs. All fled after flames
broke out.
Furnishings and ventilation equipment in the upper-floor
living quarters were destroyed, with damage estimated at 300,000 baht. Fire
inspectors speculate faulty wiring in the ceiling caused the blaze.