Giant tree blocks road

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Published: 1 Oct 2012 at 14.12
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KANCHANABURI: A giant 100-year-old tamarind tree collapsed after a storm and blocked a main road, causing severe traffic congestion on Monday.

Police and volunteers on Monday used machinery and several trucks to remove the tree that collapsed at about 7am after heavy rainfall overnight.The tree blocked Saeng Chuto Road in Muang district, causing traffic jams up to several kilometres. Police had to divert the traffic onto small...

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send in the illegal loggers, they could make it disappear in a couple of hours
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The Puea Thaksin regime claims that BMA caused both the rain and the tree to collapse.
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Was the tree wearing a red shirt??
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