sabaijai Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Early this morning (Friday 20 November) there was a fire at the Siam Society, which destroyed the office and shop, and damaged part of the library. Fortunately there were no casualties. As a result, no phone or Internet connections are currrently working. Staff are currently busy assessing the damage and making recovery plans, but if you need to contact the Society urgently you can call a member of staff on the mobile phone numbers show to below. Khun Ekkarin 08 4165 7423 Khun Panthipa 08 1822 2705 Khun Prasert 08 1840 5684 or 08 9677 5489 Khun Euayporn 08 1823 8910 Khun Kanitha 08 1904 4020 Updates to the situation will be posted on the website – www.siam-society.org. Source: Siam Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikker Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Latest update from siam-society.org: Buildings affected:- Shop and office:- Destroyed. It will take a few weeks before all the normal admin functions are resumed. Library:- Suffering from smoke and water damage.The library will be closed for a few weeks while things are cleaned up and dried out. Auditorium, Sengaroon House, Kamthieng House:- Not affected, functions in these buildings will continue as normal. The lecture on 26 November by Jamshed K. Fozdar has been postponed and we will try to reschedule it for a later date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammered Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 It is always such a shame when a library gets damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAERTH Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 This is a shame. Lots can be learned by going to a place like this W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 The news regarding the fire are posted in Bangkok Forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Fire-Destroy...ng-t315791.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asa Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 The news regarding the fire are posted in Bangkok Forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Fire-Destroy...ng-t315791.html Glad to hear Ruen Kham Thiang still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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