A blaze damaged three electric tour boats in Thailand‘s central Samut Prakan province this morning. The boats were recharging at a pier on the Chao Phraya river in the Phra Pradaeng district.
A safety guard on the pier, sixty four year old Somdet Sae Ueng, stated that the fireplace began when a battery on one of many tour boats exploded, and flames spread to other boats close by.
Firefighters from the Puchao Saming Phrai Municipality arrived on the scene with 5 trucks and put out the flames in about half an hour. The damage from the incident was nonetheless being evaluated, and there have been no reported injuries, Bangkok Post reported.
The Samut Prakan Marine Office is presently investigating the cause of the fireplace and invited witnesses to supply data. The Samut Prakan Marine Department also reported that there have been 11 electric tour boats moored on the pier when the hearth broke out, and the three broken boats have been unregistered for service.
The names of the three broken boats are Mine Smart Ferry 27, Mine Smart Ferry 28 and Mine Smart Ferry 29. The pier was rented by Mine Mobility Research Co., which provides companies for electrical boats.
This information comes after one other boat fireplace broke out in Thailand earlier this month.
On the night time of February 4, a speedboat engulfed in flames sank off Thailand’s island of Koh Samui. According to the Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC), the boat caught hearth near the Bang Rak boat pier in tambon Bo Phut of Koh Samui district. Thankfully, nobody was hurt within the incident.
Last 12 months, there have been a few boat fires in Thailand.
On December eleven, a tour boat moored at a pier in Phuket caught hearth inflicting damages however no accidents or deaths. Extraordinary reported that no one was on board the ship on the time of the fire, so there have been no injuries or fatalities, however the boat did maintain damages.
People at the scene reported that they initially saw flames on the proper aspect of the boat. Shortly after they heard an explosion and the boat was engulfed in flames..