&nbsp;The Line app account will be an additional channel for the public to alert the authority of a fire incident, besides the office&rsquo;s existing hotline 199, he added.

Fire alerts now possible via Line application: BMA

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Fire alerts now possible via Line application: BMA

People can now call Bangkok authorities in the event of a fire through the |popular chat app Line via the user ID "praram199", Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office chief Pichai Kriangwattanasiri said yesterday.

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