Transformer explodes, destroys shops in Pattaya
Transformer explodes & flames shoot into shophouse on Walking Street Pattaya, at 7:30am so the area was empty & no one hurt.
Transformer explodes & flames shoot into shophouse on Walking Street Pattaya, at 7:30am so the area was empty & no one hurt.
ACCIDENTS, FIRE & ELECRICITY
Transformer explodes, destroys shops in Pattaya
15/03/2017
Chaiyot Pupattanapong
We've all heard a sudden loud boom in the night, often when it is raining, that is so loud that it sounds like it happened right outside our window.
To those unacquainted with these late night sleep interruptions, they sound like a bomb exploding.
But one soon learns that it is a electrical transformer that exploded, high up on the power wires near where you live.
And this will be the rumoured reason, shortly afterwards, why power is being cut for four hours on a hot Sunday afternoon, to repair the dead transformer.
FLAMES SHOT OUT OF TRANSFORMER INTO SHOPHOUSE
On Wednesday morning, a transformer exploded on the popular Walking Street in the beach resort town of Pattaya.
As the transformer exploded, flames shot out of the transformer
The flames ravaged three shophouses nearby.
No casualties were reported.
The explosion was reported at around 7.30am.
Ten fire trucks and a crew of firemen were deployed to the shopping street.
It was determined that the power transformer exploded in front of the Rock Street shop in downtown Pattaya downtown, according to police.
The shop was engulfed in flames, which spread quickly to nearby shophouses.
Firefighters took about 30 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
A total of three shophouses were destroyed.
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
Firemen put out a fire following a transformer explosion in front of a shop at Pattaya Walking Street in Chon Buri province on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Somparn Rattanasaeng, 50, a housekeeper at the shop, told police the shop was closed at the time of the explosion.
When she went to the shop on Wednesday morning to clean the shop as usual, there were no employees there.
While working inside, she heard an explosion in front of the shop, prompting her to come out to check.
She found the transformer installed on the electric pole in front of the shop had exploded and caught fire.
She then ran away for her own safety and firemen arrived shortly after.
Police Major General Anant Charoenchasri, mayor of Pattaya municipality, led a team of officials to inspect the scene of the fire.
Damage could not be estimated for the time being as the three shophouses and all assets inside had been destroyed.
The mayor ordered a probe into the incident.
Transformer explosions are common the world over, as can be seen in the following video:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1215057/transformer-explodes-in-pattaya-3-shophouses-destroyed
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