‘Phra Khru’ choking on smoke, blackouts seriously injured
At 1:00 PM on June 11, the investigating officer Kham Khuean Kaeo Police Station Was informed that there was a fire at the hut, the abbot of Ban Song Nuea Temple, Song Nue Subdistrict, Kham Khuean Kaeo District, Yasothon Province, and a monk was injured from a litter of fire at the scene. therefore coordinated the fire trucks of the Song Nuea Subdistrict Administrative Organization to help spray water to extinguish the fire
Upon arriving at the scene, it was found that inside the abbot’s cubicle, which is a 2-storey cement building, on the second floor, a large cloud of smoke was found floating out until no one dared to approach. Fire Officers of Song Nuea Subdistrict Administrative Organization So they sprayed water to put out the burning flames. It took more than half an hour to control the fire.
The injured monks were Phrakhru Piyathammathorn, 53 years old The abbot of the temple had a suffocating smoke and was burned by a flame in the leg area unconscious at the scene. Villagers who witnessed the incident came to help bring him out of the scene just in time before being burned to a litter. and was taken to receive initial treatment for injuries at Kham Khuean Kaew Hospital before that and was taken to Yasothon Hospital due to severe symptoms
An investigation at the scene revealed that the fire started from the ground floor, where a large pile of robes and offerings were well fueled before the flames ignited and engulfed the stair railings. Go to the 2nd floor until the abbot of the temple who is remembering the temple choked with smoke until he lost consciousness and was burned by the said leg.
As Phra Luk Wat said that before the incident, after the monks inside the temple had finished dispersing, the abbot entered his own cubicle and remembered the temple and fell asleep. Later, there were villagers shouting that there was a fire and saw a large amount of smoke floating from the abbot’s cubicle, so he informed another monk to play drums to inform the villagers and went to help the abbot. The MP who had choked on the smoke until he passed out and was burned by the flame in his leg. which can help the abbot come out just in time
The same was true for Mrs. Orawan, 57 years old. Villagers who witnessed the incident said that they heard the sound of the drum pel, so they hurried into the temple and found that there was a lot of smoke inside the abbot’s cubicle and many villagers came to help. extinguished the burning fire and went to help the abbot who was unconscious from choking on smoke and was burned in the leg But he was in serious condition, so he was sent to Yasothon Hospital.
As for the cause of the fire this time, it is still unclear what caused it. Because at the time of the incident, only the abbot was in the temple on the second floor, where the flames started from the lower floor before spreading up to the second floor and had to wait for the police to prove evidence to investigate the true cause again.
