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Squatters burn own
shack after lottery loss
Boonlua Chatree
A garbage collector squatting on land in Nongprue burned down his own
shack after losing all his money on the lottery.
Firefighters were called Nov. 16 to land behind a stadium on Soi Kophai 14 in
Nongprue where two ramshackle tin-and-wood huts were burning. The houses were
set among trees about 20 meters from the road so as not to be seen by the
property owner.
Firemen quelled the flames in about five minutes and, due to the dilapidated
state of the pre-fire property, the total loss was only about 1,000 baht.
The occupants reportedly were garbage collectors who spent most their money on
lottery tickets and lost. They then spent the rest of their money on booze, got
drunk and burned down their shack before fleeing the area.
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