Two injured in fire at apartment building
Two people were injured when they fell while trying to climb down an apartment building in Samut Prakan province to escape a fire early Saturday, police said.
Pol Capt Chavanai Marnsri, deputy inspector of Bang Kaew Police Station, said the fire started at 1.30am at Best Mansion on Soi King Kaew in Tambon Raja Theva of the province’s Muang district.
Police said the fire started in room No 118 on the first floor of the six-storey building. As tenants panicked and rushed out of the building, some of them used bed sheets to climb down from the second floor but two of the tenants fell and suffered injuries.
Ten fire engines took less than an hour to control the blaze and fire-fighters then searched through the building for tenants who might be stranded inside.
Police said the fire was likely caused by a short circuit.
