webfact Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Fire rips through luxury Hua Hin resort Picture: Manager Online Fire caused extensive damage to a luxury resort in Hua Hin this weekend. Emergency services were called to the Dhevan Dara Resort at 11.40am on Sunday (Apr 21). Picture: Manager Online Following preliminary investigations, police believe that the fire broke out on wasteland outside the resort before spreading to villas located next to a perimeter fence. Manager Online reported that it took 50 firefighters more than 4 hours to bring the blaze under control. Picture: Manager Online It was reported up to 10 villas were damaged with the cost of damage estimated at 35 million baht. No one was injured as a result of the balze and all staff members and guests were reported safe. Source: Manager Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-04-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 A little Thai bird (reliable or not I can't be sure) tells me that sugar cane farmers had been burning off stubble in a field next door to the resort shortly it went up in smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Good job that there has been a drop in tourists so that these "villas" were not occupied. Mind you looking at the remains of the metal roofing the blaze must have had some intensity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said: Good job that there has been a drop in tourists so that these "villas" were not occupied. Mind you looking at the remains of the metal roofing the blaze must have had some intensity. Yep probably a whole 1.2mm thick! Ive seen thicker tin foil than Thais use in some of their roofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, gunderhill said: Yep probably a whole 1.2mm thick! Ive seen thicker tin foil than Thais use in some of their roofs. Well at the claimed 3.5 million baht per Villa and using tin foil roofing, someone is telling porkies or else a potential insurance scam. You can get a real house for that money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Luxury is sure in the "eye of the beholder". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, geoffbezoz said: Well at the claimed 3.5 million baht per Villa and using tin foil roofing, someone is telling porkies or else a potential insurance scam. You can get a real house for that money. And they dont have real tile roofs just that cheap asbestos composite sheeting, as cheap as you can get bar some Tesco Blue pvc sheeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, gunderhill said: And they dont have real tile roofs just that cheap asbestos composite sheeting, as cheap as you can get bar some Tesco Blue pvc sheeting. So a luxury resort in name and nightly charge only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, geoffbezoz said: So a luxury resort in name and nightly charge only. "Shabby chic" with the emphasis on shabby???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Such a collection of structural engineers, architects, arson investigators and insurance assessors. Such wisdom from a scant news report and a few photos. Simply amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, geoffbezoz said: Well at the claimed 3.5 million baht per Villa and using tin foil roofing, someone is telling porkies or else a potential insurance scam. You can get a real house for that money. But do you get daily income from that house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, geoffbezoz said: So a luxury resort in name and nightly charge only. 3.5 million baht for a pre-fabricated building the size of a standard garage... obviously for sale to farangs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Did the fire alarm work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Wait, what...there’s 50 Firefighters in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelaway Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Very sad for all; I hope they had insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbezoz Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: Did the fire alarm work? err, was there one even installed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkenny Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I stayed here years ago, it's way out of town and far from the beach. It's nothing to write home about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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