A tragic incident occurred when a solar cell-induced short circuit resulted in a catastrophic fire that razed an entire house in Pathumthani Province’s Bang Khu Wat district. The unfortunate event happened on January 3, at house number 40, Moo 9, Bang Khu Wat, Mueang Pathumthani District, leaving the house and all its contents destroyed.
The single-storey house, elevated and roofed with galvanised sheets, was home to a family of four – a son, a grandson, a granddaughter-in-law, and a young child of the grandson. The house patriarch, 80 year old Sompong Boonrod, lived separately by the canal due to his occupation as a fisherman.
The family’s main income was from the fish he caught daily, with his son assisting in the sales, earning approximately 300-400 baht per day, though some days yielded no income. The grandson worked as a taxi rider but his earnings were unpredictable and…
