CHON BURI: A fire broke out in a room in a condominium building in Pattaya early Sunday, causing about 500,000 baht damage. There were no casualties.
Pattaya City dispatched eight fire engines to Niran Grand Condominium in tambon Nong Prue on being notified of the fire, which broke out in Room No.261 on the 4th floor at about 3am.
The fire was put out in about 30 minutes. Furniture, clothes and other articles in the room were destroyed.
Salee Inthep, 35, a condo security guard, said while on duty on the first floor he saw smoke drifting from the 4th floor. He activated the fire alarm system before calling the police.
Chatchada Arichi, 27, the room occupant, said she left for work on a night shift at 3pm. She rushed back to the condo on being informed of the fire, only to see that all of her belongings had been incinerated.
Police were investigating the cause of the fire. The damage was initially estimated at 500,000 baht.
