BANGKOK — About 10 residences in the city’s old quarter were destroyed in an early morning fire Wednesday.
Police were alerted at about 3am to a raging blaze on Soi Charoen Krung 87 in the capital’s Bang Kho Laem district. Residents were seen running out with their valuables, creating a scene of chaos.
Firefighters took about an hour to put out the flames. There were no reports of fatalities. A few residents were treated for smoke inhalation but no one was seriously injured.
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Police are investigating the cause of the fire, according to Col. Arun Lerdsakkaset of the Wat Phraya Krai Police Station.
