Fire fighters took about 40 minutes to put out the blaze, which started in a second-floor room and spread to the fourth floor. People living in other rooms fled outside with everything they could grab as fire fighters fought the blaze. Police will investigate the cause of the fire and will summon the owner of the modified building, Yingyot Phoksiri, 64, for questioning. At 9am, fire fighters and police checked the scene again and discovered another body, identified as that of a carpenter known only as Tum, who was about 60 years old. Police said the shophouse was modified to provide 10 rented rooms at a rate of Bt100 a day for vendors in the area.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 21, 2019 04:07 UTC