Book shop and house levelled by fire in Ubon Ratchathani
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A book rental shop and the shop owner’s adjacent house in Ubon Ratchathani’s Muang district were gutted by fire early Tuesday morning.
Police said the fire started at the shop near Benjama Maharaj School on Sappasit Road in tambon Nai Muean at about 3.20am.
Firefighters from 15 fire crews extinguished the blaze at about 5am.
The five family members living in the adjacent house escaped unharmed.
Isara Kanchanapimai, 50, the house owner, said he heard multiple explosions and came out to see the book shop on fire so he woke up his family and they left the house.
Police suspect the fire was caused by a short circuit.
