Four homes were destroyed
and 3 others damaged by fire April 28 in the Thamsamakkee Temple area.
Warunya Thongrod
Pattaya officials gave emergency supplies and 2,000 baht
to four families whose homes were destroyed by fire in the Thamsamakkee
Temple area.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and Social Welfare Department
officials on April 30 visited the four burned-out homes and three others
damaged in the fire two days earlier. No one was injured in the blaze.
Damage was estimated at more than 1 million baht, with faulty electrical
wiring suspected as the cause.
Itthiphol said the city Engineering Department will
survey Soi Nong Jebang - designated a disaster zone by Chonburi Province -
to aid reconstruction plans and relocation efforts for victims. Each family
will be eligible for up to 30,000 baht in compensation from the state.
Victim Wirat Khaming, 27, said she and her family were
visiting a temple in Rayong when a friend called alerting her to the fire,
which destroyed her home.
“I now have nothing but the clothes on my back,” she
said. “I want to the thank Pattaya’s mayor and everyone for their help. It’s
made me feel that I’m not alone.”
“I never thought something like this could happen,” said
45-year-old Chalew Sukhohachalee, who also lost her home. Chalew said she
had stashed 50,000 baht in a closet and it, along with all her other
belongings, burned. “I want to thank the mayor for caring so much. I’m
touched by the kindness.”
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and Social Welfare
Department officials visit the area to offer emergency supplies and cash to
the victims.
