Luckily no one was hurt when
a cooking-gas fire damaged this Camry parked out front of the restaurant.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
A cooking-gas fire damaged a car but injured no one in central
Pattaya.
Firefighters arrived at the Nirandon Grand Condotel on Soi Arunothai Aug. 31
to find a Bangkok-registered Toyota Camry in flames and its driver, Pongsak
Ketboonnak, nearly in tears. He had borrowed the million-baht vehicle from a
friend.
The fire started, witnesses said, after Lawetch Suntornsin, a chef at a pad
tai restaurant, fired up the stove out in front of the restaurant after
bringing in two new gas tanks. However, a hose connecting one tank leaked,
causing a fire that spread to the car, which was parked very close to the
stove.
Pongsak contacted his car-owner friend and told him to contact his insurance
company, but both driver and restaurant owner were still discussing
compensation.
