Klongthom Center fire under control, building partly collapsed
The well-known Klongthom Center of tools, electronic devices, car audio systems and accessories, toys, models and home appliances started to collapse after hours of burning on Friday night. Fire was put under control afterwards.
The Klongthom Centre, a well-known shopping center for tools, electronics, car audio systems, toys, models, and home appliances, experienced a fire that burned for several hours before being brought under control on Friday night. The fire started at 8:42 PM at the three-story building, which had a steel structure and stood on a 1,600 square meter plot on Worachak Road in Pomprap Sattruphai district.
The building, which had been in existence for about three decades and housed around 500 shops, collapsed partially at 10:16 PM. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt reported that the building was at risk of collapsing due to extreme heat, with parts of its roof and structure beginning to fall. No one was reported to be trapped inside the building.
Firefighters from various units worked to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby properties, with their access to the flames obstructed by the building's façade wall. The fire was extinguished at 11:13 PM, more than two hours after it began.
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