News Forum - Elderly monk killed in Chon Buri temple fire

[Thaiger]

An elderly monk has been tragically killed in a fire that destroyed a temple yesterday in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri province. The monk, 92 year old Phra Siang Achito Thongthammachart had been immobile due to his age, and couldn’t escape the unexpected fire. Firefighters  arrived on the scene to find the two-storey temple engulfed in flames. The entire building burned down before the firefighters could put out the blaze. The firefighters then found the monk’s body in the burnt ruins of the temple’s parsonage. Phra Siang’s body was transferred to a nearby hospital, pending Sri Racha police’s […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

May the soul of the poor monk be Rest in Peace.