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Fire guts luxury resort on Koh Kut

Flames engulf Soneva Kiri Koh Kood, a luxury hotel in Koh Kut district of Trat, on Sunday morning. (Photo supplied)

TRAT: A fire caused extensive damage to Soneva Kiri Koh Kood, a luxury hotel on Koh Kut island of this eastern seaside province, early on Sunday.

Damage was put at hundreds of millions of baht.

The hotel bills itself as a “secluded eco-luxury resort” with advertised prices starting around 48,000 baht a night for two guests. 

Dechathorn Chan-ob, chairman of the Koh Kut tambon administration organisation, said he received a report of the fire about 5.45am and immediately sent fire engines and crews to the scene.

When they arrived the blaze had already spread through the main building and three adjacent smaller ones. All were built of wood.

Fire crews saved a fourth building but the other three…

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