Fire in Pattaya, Thailand: Pattaya walking street evacuated and 100 run for their lives

At 3am, on the morning of November 17, Pattaya rescue services raced to Walking Street after receiving reports of a fire at the Natcha Disco.

Three fire appliances were on the scene as over one-hundred customers had escaped the blaze.
Police officers closed the road but fire-fighters soon discovered the problem had been tackled by Nathca security staff using fire extinguishers.

Witnesses said that the fire appeared to be coming from a first floor window in a room not used by the public.

Investigators believe the cause to have been a short circuit on the CCTV control panel. A forensic team has been instructed to carry out an investigation.

There are no reported injuries although there has been an estimated one-million baht’s worth of damage.