NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A 62-year-old woman died as fire swept through her shop, stocked with flammable construction materials, in Hua Sai district in the early hours of Wednesday.
The fire was at Pongpakdi Karnkha shop, a three-storey commercial building in tambon Sai Khao, said Pol Lt Col Chaiwut Sriwilert, investigation chief at Hua Sai police station. It was reported around 2.30am.
Fire trucks and crews from surrounding areas fought the flames, which raged through the first-floor of the building, where paints and PVC pipes were kept. It took them more than half an hour to…