Big Fire breaks out at a building at Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK: -- A big fire broke out Wednesday at a four-story building inside the Suvarnabhumi International Airport's compound, police said.

Police said the building was supposed to use for preparing in-flight foods.
The fire broke out at about 4:30 pm.
A man was severely injured after he jumped down from a floor.
At 5:10 pm, some ten fire engines were still fighting to control the blaze. Some people were evacuated from inside the building using a crane from a fire engine.

--The Nation 2006-01-18

That means for the next few months, the flight kitchen will only be able to provide barbecued food to airlines departing Bangkok :joker:

[Smiles]

If anyone is wondering about the location of the new airport (the spelling of it is going to be a challenge!), take a look at this quite cool satellite photo taken from Google Earth (a heartily recommended free download from Google if you're interested: http://earth.google.com/).

The airport area is in good focus, but the surrounding areas are not ... that's the way Google Earth works. But you can get a good feel for the comparitive distances of each airport from Bangkok's centre.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/Images2/airports-bangkok.jpg


Cheers ...

One dead, three hurt in catering plant fire

BANGKOK POST REPORTERS
Thai Airways International's catering plant under construction at Suvarnabhumi airport caught fire while about 200-300 people were working there last night. One died in the blaze and three were injured.


Chokchai Panyayong, THAI's vice-president supervising the airline's investments at Suvarnabhumi airport, could not confirm whether the fire would delay the opening schedule of the airport tentatively set for June.


Three workers were seriously injured after jumping from an upper floor to escape the flames. The fatality was Jessada Chanram, an air-conditioning mechanic.


Thick smoke billowed from the second floor of the four-storey building around 4.20pm. Three elevator technicians who worked on the second floor jumped off the building and injured themselves.


Woranont Termsap, 25, broke his legs, while elevator technician Wasant Bankhan injured his back. Another worker, Weerawat Meedee, 28, sustained broken arms and legs.


Twenty-fire engines were deployed to control the fire.


The 3.9-billion-baht catering plant is three kilometres from the airport terminal.


Deputy Transport Minister Chainant Charoensiri said the fire started as welding sparks set fire to insulating material. The blaze took a little over an hour to put out. Damage to the building would be examined today.

Thanks for the pics Smiles :drunken:
I have been wondering where the new airport was located. The pics give a good clue! Thanks.