Five people killed in Bangkok fire as three-storey building collapses
- Video showed the scorched, blackened building collapsing amid a cloud of smoke and concrete dust, narrowly missing a firefighter who was climbing a ladder on the perimeter wall
- At least five people were killed, including one resident and four rescuers, local media said
Five people have died after a burning three-storey house collapsed on the outskirts of the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday, local media said.
The building caught fire on Saturday morning and was put out about an hour later, local media reports said. The cause of the fire was unknown.
The video shared with Reuters showed the scorched, blackened building collapsing amid a cloud of smoke and concrete dust, narrowly missing a firefighter who was climbing a ladder on the perimeter wall to take a closer look.
“I heard the sound of something breaking and the whole building came down within split seconds,” one firefighter who filmed and posted the video on his Facebook account told Reuters.
“The rescue team were told to leave the building because the structure looked weak,” he added.
At least five people were killed, including one resident and four rescuers, local media said.