A Bangkok police building that stored thousands of official state documents was razed to the bottom by a fierce blaze in the early hours of this morning.
About 50 firefighters dashed to the Fifth Division of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Sathorn Road to sort out the fire. Fortunately, there have been no casualties due to the blaze.
According to stories from Bangkok Post, the fire started at around 4am and rapidly spread throughout the three-floor building. The blaze was so intense that it triggered loud explosions, resulting in the closure of roads within a 1-kilometre radius of the building by the police.
Firefighters battled the flames for over an hour before finally bringing the blaze underneath management. Although no person was contained in the constructing at the time of the hearth, a number of vehicles parked within the neighborhood had been damaged.
Upon studying of the incident, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt immediately made his approach to the scene. He revealed that a police officer who was guarding the constructing had heard a loud sound resembling an electrical short circuit emanating from the primary ground of the constructing. Upon Protected , the officer found that a pile of documents had caught fire.
The 56 yr outdated Bangkok Governor said…
“The officer alerted the firemen after failing to douse the flames with a fire 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 unfold to the second and third floors, inflicting significant harm to the entire structure.
The blaze was so intense that it triggered the roof of the building to break down. The Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner confirmed that the injury sustained was in depth, with the entire building badly affected.
He said…
“The building saved official paperwork, and officers would check whether documents of necessary instances were stored there.”
The destruction of this constructing and the loss of essential police files is a big blow to police chiefs and politicians in Bangkok. Investigations are currently underway to determine the trigger of the fireplace and assess the extent of the damage caused..