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Four small fires break out in Pratuanam area

Four small fires break out in Pratuanam area

Four small fires broke out in Pratunam area early Friday ahead of a Police Commission meeting which is scheduled to be chaired by the prime minister at the nearby Royal Thai Police headquarters, police said.

No one was injured in the blazes, the causes of which have yet to be investigated.

The first fire broke out at 5.18am in a single-storey building on Soi Phetchaburi 19.

Half an hour later, at 5.38am, another fire was spotted at the Indra Regent Hotel on Soi Ratchaprarop in Ratchathevi district.

Then at 5.41am, flames started coming out of a pile of clothes under the Indra Regent Hotel building.

Police said another fire broke out at the Chalerm Larp Market nearby at 7 am.

A police source said police investigators were checking whether the fires were attempts to create a situation ahead of a meeting by the Police Commission chaired by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Prayut is to chair the meeting for the first time in his capacity as the chair of the commission.

The fires follow a bomb scare in front of the Royal Thai Police HQ on Thursday evening.

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