Although the
bed, refrigerator and most other items were damaged by the flames, a 3-D
portrait of monk Luang Pu-thuad of Chai Hai Temple survived unscathed.
Theerarak
Suthathiwong
Unattended burning incense is being blamed for a fire
at a South Pattaya apartment that destroyed most of the room’s contents,
except a picture of a revered monk.
Firefighters took about 20 minutes to extinguish the
blaze at the first-floor apartment on South Pattaya Road Soi 6 around 1
a.m. Nov. 13. No one was injured and damaged was confined to the single
apartment.
Sakuna Phusri, 56, said she heard a bang and see what
looked like flames inside the locked apartment rented by a 50-year-old
eyeglasses vendor and his brother, both of whom were out. Investigators
determined the fire started at a Buddhist alter where the renters had
left incense burning on top of a stack of books.
Firefighters and witnesses marveled that while the
bed, refrigerator and most other items were damaged by the flames, a 3-D
portrait of monk Luang Pu-thuad of Chai Hai Temple survived unscathed.
