Fire damages Samut Prakan house
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A house in Samut Prakan was damaged by a fire that engulfed its second floor late on Thursday night, police said.
Owner Somnuek Yanwutthinawong, 57, suffered burns on his arms while trying to fight the blaze himself.
Police were alerted to the fire at 11pm and some 10 fire engines took about an hour to extinguish it.
Police said the fire started on the second floor of the two-storey house on Soi Dan Samrong 23/1 in Tambon Samrong Nua of Mueang district.
The damage was estimated at Bt5 million.
