Pol Lt-Colonel Thatthep Rongnak, an inspector at Lak Song Police Station, said the fire damaged two shophouses in the Setthakij housing estate on Phetchakasem Soi 102/2 at around 4.45am. 
Ten fire engines took about 20 minutes to control the blaze. 
The fire damaged a coffee shop and a shoe shop but investigators are yet to find the cause of the fire, Thatthep said. 
He said a charred body was found inside the coffee shop. The body has yet to be identified but witnesses said a woman stayed at the coffee shop at night. 
The body was sent for victim identification to Siriraj Hospital.

Woman killed in Bangkok shophouse fire

Fired raged through two shophouses in Bangkok’s Bang Kae district early on Saturday, killing a woman, police said.