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	Following the 2.30am fire report, police found the first three floors of the six-storey building on Sukhumvit Soi 21 ablaze. It took five teams of fire-fighters 30 minutes to control the blaze.&nbsp;</div>
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	Police Lieutenant Kirati Leung-on of Thong Lor Police said there were a report of an explosion before the fire &ndash; possibly a short circuit &ndash; on the ground floor.&nbsp;</div>
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