A furniture factory in No. 1 Quarter, Three Pagodas Pass Town owned by a Thai businessman was ablaze around 4 AM on Thursday and was completely extinguished at no
It was initially reported that the factory, based on the Thai-Burma border, lost as much as 100 million Baht since all of its wood logs, the building, the crane and the sawmill were incinerated. However, various media outlets are reporting that it was only one million Baht.
“The fire started from cooking rice with a gas-oven at the factory, near Quarter No.1. It was a factory worker that was cooking the rice. He is a Bamar ethnic and now facing arson charges,” said a local of the TPP.
Three firefighter trucks from the TPP town (Burma side) and six firefighter trucks from Thailand side attended the scene. Due to the amount of timber and sawdust, the fire raged and eventually died down around 6 AM. The embers were extinguished at noon.
It was reportedly stated that the factory is owned by a Thai businessman but the land plot belongs to an officer from the Karen National Union (KNU).
Factories of wood products and furniture products on prevalent on Burma side’s of TPP town and are exported daily to Thailand side’s of TPP Town.
