News Forum - Fire breaks out at the luxury Koh Kut resort burning villa to the ground, guests narrowly escape

[Thaiger]

A fire broke out at a luxury resort on Koh Kut, an island off the coast of Trat by the Cambodian border on Sunday morning, burning a villa to the ground where a group of 15, including a famous paediatrician, were staying. The Soneva Kiri resort released a statement saying all guests staying at villa 63 were evacuated and the fire did not spread to other parts of the island or resort. An investigation is still underway to determine the cause of the fire. A famous paediatrician at Bangkok’s Ramathibodi Hospital, Jiraporn Arunakul, wrote about the experience on her professional […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

The Post says a large building that caught fire has accommodation at up to 800,000 baht per night.

Elton John stayed in that room, I think.

[Soidog]

I do hope they had good insurance

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

19 minutes ago, Soidog said:

I do hope they had good insurance

Finally , the resort is gonna make some profit

[Guest1]

 Her husband then directed everyone to climb over the balcony and onto the roof. 

Aside the fall of "the famous doctor for kids", how clever is it, to climb on a roof, if a fire has started on the ground floor? The pool seems to be a much better option, for a wooden villa in fire, methinks

[Totoro]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

A fire broke out at a luxury resort on Koh Kut, an island off the coast of Trat by the Cambodian border on Sunday morning, burning a villa to the ground where a group of 15, including a famous paediatrician, were staying. The Soneva Kiri resort released a statement saying all guests staying at villa 63 were evacuated and the fire did not spread to other parts of the island or resort. An investigation is still underway to determine the cause of the fire. A famous paediatrician at Bangkok’s Ramathibodi Hospital, Jiraporn Arunakul, wrote about the experience on her professional […]

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[TSS]

tip to guests there: don't post negative reviews about the place on TripAdvidser...

[Alavan]

3 hours ago, Guest1 said:

 Her husband then directed everyone to climb over the balcony and onto the roof. 

Aside the fall of "the famous doctor for kids", how clever is it, to climb on a roof, if a fire has started on the ground floor? The pool seems to be a much better option, for a wooden villa in fire, methinks

Looks like inviting everybody to the top of the pyre.