PHUKET: An elderly Norwegian man was rescued from a burning house early on Monday, police said.
Pol Capt Supotpong Chuaydu, deputy investigation chief of Wichit police station, said the incident occurred at about 4.30am at house No 69/408 in Soi 3/2 of the Phuket Village Chaofa 2 Housing Estate in tambon Wichit, Muang district.
Officials and rescuers from tambon Wichit Municipality in Muang district arrived at the house to find plumes of smoke billowing from the windows.
They broke into the house and found the Norwegian man, Knut Olsen, 77, lying unconscious inside….
