Fire rages through the wooden homes of the Suan Phlu community early Monday morning. (Photo by Thonburi Civil Defence Volunteer Centre)An elderly woman died in a fire that destroyed 20 houses at the Suan Phlu community beside the railway track in Bang Yi Rua area of Thon Buri district early on Monday, police said. The fire was put out in one and a half hours, after 20 houses were burned down over an area of about 400 square wah (1600 square metres). The charred body of a woman, identified as Jumaporn Thipthaweesuk, 65, was found in one of the burned houses. Witnesses said it started at food stall run by a woman known only as Mrs Toy, aged 60-65.

Source: Bangkok Post April 10, 2017 03:11 UTC