In the early hours of this morning, tragedy struck within the form of a hearth that engulfed a five-story townhouse in Bangkok, claiming two lives and leaving three extensively injured. The victims were members of a single household.
One girl died after making a determined attempt to escape the inferno by jumping from the fourth floor together with her youngest son, who tragically succumbed to his accidents later. The father and eldest son endured accidents whereas escaping.
At around 2am, an alarming incident of fireplace was reported from an upper-class group in Yan Nawa district. Officer Kritch Petch Simmalai, a police investigator from Bang Pong Pang Police Station, rushed to the spot along with firefighters from Chan Road and volunteers from Ruamkatanyu Foundation. Upon reaching the site, they found a five-storey townhouse ablaze.
The townhouse, owned by an advertising signage firm, was an workplace and home to a family of six. The blaze intensified because it quickly consumed the building and took firefighters approximately 20 minutes to extinguish it. Unfortunately, within the occasion, one individual lost their life on the scene while three others have been critically injured and rushed to completely different hospitals – Chulalongkorn, Charoen Krung, and Lerdsin Hospitals, reported KhaoSod.
Investigations revealed that the six residents had been a 44 yr old promoting company proprietor named Thossaporn, his wife A, their two sons aged 15 and 10 years previous, and Thossaporn’s brother and sister in regulation. Upon hearing Formula for assist from Thosporn’s brother staying on the third floor, Thosporn and his eldest son ran to the back exit stairs resulting in the second floor. Seeing the fire raging fiercely, they decided to jump from the second floor, which resulted in extreme injuries. As the fireplace ascended to the third flooring, Thosporn’s spouse and youthful son jumped from the fourth floor leading to tragic outcomes – the spouse succumbed to the accidents on the spot, and the son later passed away at Lerdsin Hospital..