SAMUT PRAKAN -- A fire broke out at a slum under the bridge across Khlong Chuat Lak Khao at kilometre marker No. 12 on the outbound Bang Na - Trat highway in Bang Phli district. One man was killed and about 30 shelters damaged, police said. About 30 makeshift shelters of homeless people in a 100-square-metre area under the bridge were damaged. Chartchai Uthaipan, the Samut Prakan governor, instructed local administration officials to provide assistance for people left homeless by the fire.

Source: Bangkok Post April 02, 2017 03:11 UTC