Fire engines rushed to the construction site at 8.05am to discover that the fire had damaged four rows of two-storey wooden houses.

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At 8.19am, the Phraram 199 emergency radio centre reported that the fire was under control. 
Officials have yet to determine the cause.

Fire hits worker quarters at Bangkok construction site

A fire swept through the living quarters of workers at a construction site on Soi Phetchaburi 9 in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district on Saturday morning.