Fire damages tour boats at pier
published : 21 Feb 2023 at 14:07
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Wassayos Ngamkham
A fire at a pier on the Chao Phraya river damaged three electric tour boats moored there for recharging, in Phra Pradaeng district on Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported about 7.20am.
The pier is rented by Mine Mobility Research Co, which offers charging services for electric boats.
A security guard said the fire started when the battery on one tour boat exploded. The flames spread to several other boats nearby, he said.
Five fire trucks were sent to fight the blaze, which was put out in about 30 minutes.
Total damage was still being assessed. There were no injuries.
The Marine Department said later that when the fire broke out there were 11 electric tour boats moored at the pier. Three of them were damaged.
Vocabulary
- assess (verb): to carefully consider a situation, person, or problem in order to make a judgment - ประเมิณ, ประเมิณสถานการณ์
- damage (noun): physical harm caused to something which makes it less attractive, useful or valuable - ความเสียหาย
- damaged (adj): having received physical harm makes something less attractive, useful or valuable - ได้รับความเสียหาย
- explode (verb): blast, blow up, burst - ระเบิด
- flames: the brightly burning gases that you see coming from a fire - เปลวไฟ, เปลวเพลิง
- injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
- moor: to attach a boat, ship, etc. to a fixed object or to the land with a rope, or anchor it - ผูกเรือ, จอดเรือ
- pier: a platform sticking out into water which people walk along or use when getting onto or off boats - ท่าเรือชนิดยื่นออกไปในน้ำ, สะพานที่ยื่นออกไปในน้ำ
