Animals perish in pet shop blaze

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PUBLISHED: 7 Jan 2025 at 15: 50

Firefighters battle the blaze that destroyed a pet shop and its warehouse in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, at about 9pm on Monday. (Photo: Mae Sai Rescue Facebook page)
Around 9 p.m. on Monday, firefighters battled the fire that nearly destroyed a pet store and its warehouse in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai area. ( Photo: Mae Sai Rescue Facebook page )

Lee RAI – Fire destroyed a large pet shop and storehouse in Mae Sai region, killing some captive animals in the tower, on Monday night. &nbsp,

Mae Sai Police and firefighters were called to the second floor business, &nbsp, named Strategy Pla Tu and Pet Mart, in Ban Pa Yang in tambon Mae Sai&nbsp, about 9pm.

Local studies claim that the store was the district’s main point for selling pet goods, food, and other animal necessities.

According to police, the fire immediately spread to both the same building’s store and warehouse, which were both fueled by the numerous combustible sacks of pet food in.

Because the tower had wheel screen doors shut, firefighters had to break into the structure to enter the area where the fire was occurring. It took them about an hour to remove it and line down the area to make sure it didn’t reactivate.

The entire building was entirely destroyed. People were able to save some of the animals in, but many others were killed by the smoke and flames- parrots, gerbils, rabbits, turtles and elegant bass. How some was never known.

People in the neighborhood reported seeing fumes coming from the store just before 9o’clock. followed by lights. Because the constructing was tightly locked down, the fire immediately spread and intensified. &nbsp,

The store owner, Sirilak Nanthatheerapong, was still in shock at the scene on Tuesday.

She claimed that her home was only ten meters from the warehouse’s up. Her home was filled with smoke from the incident. She and her neighbors hurriedly moved their vehicles away from the blaze.

Ms. Sirilak claimed that the devastating storm in September, which claimed at least one million rmb, had only recently recovered. This day, there was nothing left to fix. She estimated that more than 30 million ringgit would be lost overall.

According to Mae Sai officers, the initial cause of the fire was a short circuits. Chiang Rai investigative authorities were still examining the&nbsp, landscape on Tuesday.

The Chiang Rai Forensic Police have investigate the scene on Tuesday. (Photo: Chiang Rai Police Facebook page)

Chiang Rai investigative authorities at the picture of the pet store fire&nbsp, on Tuesday. ( Photo: Chiang Rai Police Facebook page )