A massive fire gutted a police building that stored documents in Sathon district yesterday. No casualties were reported.
More than 50 fire trucks and firemen were deployed to the building of the Metropolitan Police Division 5 on Sathon Road in the Thung Mahamek area to control the blaze, which broke out about 4am.
Flames spread quickly over the three-storey building. Loud noises that sounded like explosions were heard constantly, as roads within a kilometre radius of the building were closed off by police.
Firefighters took over an hour to bring the blaze under control. Nobody was inside at…