Guests flee fire at quarantine hotel
published : 7 Oct 2021 at 11:29
writer: Gary Boyle
About 80 foreign visitors ran from the Samut Prakan hotel where they were being quarantined when a fire started in the basement on Wednesday night.
The fire at the Siam Mandarina Hotel Suvarnabhumi was reported to Bang Kaeo police station about 9pm.
Ten fire engines and crews rushed to the scene. They had the blaze under control in about 30 minutes.
The fire began in an old snooker club which was being used as a storage room.
The hotel manager said the club had been closed for nearly two years, since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
The snooker club did not suffer major damage, police said.
They found melted wall power outlets and burned wiring in the room, and attributed the fire to an electrical problem.
There were no injuries.
The hotel is providing an alternative quarantine service for people arriving from abroad.
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Vocabulary
- alternative: another choice - ทางเลือก, ตัวเลือก
- attribute to: to believe that something is the result of a particular situation, event, or person’s actions - ถือว่าเป็นของ
- blaze: a fire - เพลิง
- damage (noun): physical harm caused to something which makes it less attractive, useful or valuable - ความเสียหาย
- flee: to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger - หนี อพยพ
- injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
- melt: to change from a solid form to liquid (e.g. ice to water) - ละลาย
- storage: the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future - การเก็บ
