On a recent weekday, a mysterious plume of smoke erupting from the ground left locals in the Bang Chakreng district perplexed. Residents were especially alarmed when a frog leapt into a nearby boil, only to be cooked alive. Importantly, it wasn’t until staff at the Electricity Authority switched off the power that the reason for this unusual happening was discovered. Officials warn that this electrical fault situation was dangerously unstable.
On the day in question, police from the Mueang Samut Songkhram station, alongside fire personnel from the Municipality of Samut Songkhram, and volunteers from Sawangbenjathum Samut Songkhram Rescue Foundation, converged on a residential area in Soi Bang Chakreng 4, Mae Klong, to investigate the strange smoke. The residence belonged to Wimonnart, 47 years old, who believed gas or chemicals seeping from the ground…
