A Bangkok police building that stored 1000’s of official state documents was razed to the bottom by a fierce blaze within the early hours of this morning.
About 50 firefighters dashed to the Fifth Division of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Sathorn Road to tackle the fireplace. Fortunately, there were no casualties because of the blaze.
According to reviews from Bangkok Post, the fireplace began at around 4am and shortly spread all through the three-floor building. The blaze was so intense that it triggered loud explosions, resulting within the closure of roads within a 1-kilometre radius of the building by the police.
Firefighters battled the flames for over an hour earlier than lastly bringing the blaze under management. Although no person was contained in the constructing at the time of the fire, a quantity of vehicles parked within the neighborhood have been damaged.
Upon learning of the incident, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt instantly made his method to the scene. He revealed that a police officer who was guarding the constructing had heard a loud sound resembling an electrical brief circuit emanating from the primary floor of the constructing. Upon inspection, the officer discovered that a pile of paperwork had caught hearth.
The 56 year previous Bangkok Governor said…
“The officer alerted the firemen after failing to douse the flames with a hearth extinguisher.”
Pol Lt Gen Thiti Saengsawant, the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, revealed that the fireplace originated on the primary ground of the constructing and shortly spread to the second and third flooring, causing significant injury to the entire structure.
The blaze was so intense that it caused the roof of the constructing to collapse. The Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner confirmed that the damage sustained was intensive, with the complete constructing badly affected.
He said…
“The constructing stored official documents, and officers would check whether paperwork of necessary circumstances were kept there.”
The destruction of this constructing and the loss of necessary police files is a big blow to police chiefs and politicians in Bangkok. Extraordinary are currently underway to discover out the cause of the fireplace and assess the extent of the damage caused..