Fire Forces Midnight Evacuation at Pattaya Condo
A fire in a Pattaya condominium's 6th-floor unit forced residents to evacuate at 2:36 a.m. on August 4, with firefighters taking two hours to extinguish the blaze that destroyed the room; the owner suspects her cat activated the electric st
At 2:36 a.m. on August 4, 2569, Pattaya City Police received a report of a fire in a condominium room in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri. Officers rushed to the scene along with disaster relief units, local administrative officials, volunteer rescue workers, and firefighters. Upon arrival, crews found the fire raging intensely in room 610 on the 6th floor, with thick smoke engulfing the building. Residents were hastily evacuated in chaos as firefighters attacked the blaze with water cannons. The fire took approximately two hours to extinguish, leaving the room completely destroyed with total property loss. Fortunately, no one was injured.
When interviewed, Ms. A, the room's owner, recounted that she was awakened by a burning smell and discovered flames in her kitchen near the electric stove. She immediately grabbed her phone and ran to seek help from neighbors and condo staff, but the fire spread rapidly, forcing everyone to flee the building. Ms. A believes the fire was caused by her cat, which has a habit of stepping on the stove's power button—something that has happened before. However, investigators from the Chon Buri Region 2 Police forensics unit will need to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the exact cause.
