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Today, Four of Bangkok's defensive forts remain, one of which is still in military use. Wichaiprasit Fort, the oldest, is now owned by the Royal Thai Navy. Phra Sumen Fort and Mahakan Fort are under the care of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), and part of Pong Patchamit Fort is preserved behind the Khlong San District Office. In ...
March 16 – Paxton Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, killed 19. April 19 – During the Waco Siege, a Branch Davidian church, Mount Carmel Center, was destroyed by fire near Waco, Texas, killed 76. May 10 – Kader Toy Factory fire, Bangkok, Thailand, killed 189.
The French in Bangkok believed that the Siamese were well-prepared for battle. Chulachomklao Fort had just been modernized with seven 6-inch Armstrong Whitworth disappearing guns and was under the command of Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu, a Danish naval officer granted the noble title of Phraya Chonlayutyothin. Further upriver at Paknam ...
At least three people were killed after a three-story house in Bangkok collapsed on Saturday following a fire, leaving an unknown number of people still trapped under the rubble, local police said.
At least one person was killed when a fire ripped through a high-rise hotel and shopping mall complex in Bangkok on Wednesday, April 10, according to Bangkok Biz News.Local news organizations ...
In turn the French went one step further in July 1893 by ordering two of their ships, the sloop Inconstant and the gunboat Comète, to sail up the Chao Phraya toward Bangkok, without the permission of the Siamese. They came under fire from the fort at Paknam on 13 July 1893. [9] The French returned fire and forced their way to Bangkok.
A fire extinguisher exploded and killed a student during a fire drill held outdoors in sweltering heat at a high school in Thailand’s capital Friday, police said. Five other students were injured.
Chulachomklao Fort The royal monument of King Chulalongkorn at Phra Chulachomklao Fort. Samut Prakan Province is the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, therefore, there is a role in the country's security, causing there are many 'forts' or battle towers, such as Witthayakom Fort, Chao Saming Phrai Fort, Electric Prank Fortress, Enemy Fort Perish.