TV host Panya's house burns
A fire early yesterday in the teakwood vacation home of Thai TV host Panya Nirankul caused damage estimated at Bt10 million, according to Pol Major Nopporn Pratkrathok, inspector at Mu Si police station in Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima.
The twostorey house is on a 5rai (8,000squaremetre) plot in the Moon Dance Khao Yai Residence housing estate on Pak ChongKhao Yai Road in Nakhon Ratchasima province. The fire started in the second storey and quickly spread to the roof at 1.30am. Two fire engines fought for two hours to put the blaze out.
House caretaker Akhom Somchok said he, his wife and two children were asleep on the ground floor when the fire broke out. They felt the heat, found the second floor was on fire and raised the alarm.
Police will determine the cause of the fire later but initially suspect a short circuit.
