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Fire destroys police building in Bangkok’s Sathon

A fire fiercely ravages a building of the Metropolitan Police Division 5 in Bangkok’s Sathon early Saturday. (Photo supplied/ Wassayos Ngamkham)

A fierce fire gutted a police building that stored official documents in Bangkok’s Sathon district early Saturday. 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 Thung Mahamek area to control the blaze, which broke out around 4am, according to reports.

Flames were spreading quickly over the three-story building. Loud noises that sounded like an explosion were heard constantly, as roads within a kilometre radius of the building were closed off by police.

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