Fire Damages Rental Room in Rassada, Two Cats Survive

Rassada –

A fire has damaged a rental room in Rassada and two cats survived.

Firefighters at the Rassada Municipality were notified of the fire on Friday morning (July 7th) at a rental room in Soi Bang She Lao in Rassada, Mueang Phuket.

Firefighters with a fire engine and the Phuket Express arrived at the scene to find smoke coming from a rental room. It took about 15 minutes for firefighters to control the fire without it spreading to nearby rooms. No injuries were reported. However, many items inside the rental room were damaged.

Two cats miraculously managed to survive the fire despite being trapped in the room for much of the blaze and were rescued by firefighters as seen below.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated as of this weekend.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for five years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.