News Forum - Songkhla motorcycle showroom catches on fire, no injuries reported

[Thaiger]

A motorcycle showroom, N.A. Minibike Company, caught on fire in the southern Thai province of Songkhla early this morning, around 7am. Police say no one was injured as a result of the fire. 7 fire trucks were sent from the Nakhon Hat Yai Municipality to tackle the fire at the N.A. Minibike Company on Supasan Rangsan road. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. 3 people who were stuck on the second floor of the building, the shop’s owner, his son and daughter, plus 4 dogs were rescued. The firefighters used ladders to get them out […]

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[AlexPTY]

God bless the insurance 

[9S_]

Why won’t anyone think about the girls!!

It ain’t a motor show without them. 

[MrStretch]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

A motorcycle showroom, N.A. Minibike Company, caught on fire

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. 3 people who were stuck on the second floor of the building, the shop’s owner, his son and daughter, plus 4 dogs were rescued.

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

None of the motorcycles on display were damaged, either.

 

It sounds like the motorcycle shop didn't catch on fire, but the 2nd floor residence caught on fire.

If the dealership had caught fire, the motorcycles would be smoking, eh?

 

1 hour ago, SSimpson said:

Catches on fire? Caught on fire? There's no way this 'reporter' has a BA in English.

 

Actually, it is a technique used in journalism, in which (in this case the headline) the present tense is used to make the story more "active".  It's principally used in broadcast journalism to give the viewer/listener a sense of immediacy.  

No idea why it's being used in a print form here.

 

 

 

[Stonker]

6 hours ago, Thaiger said:

None of the motorcycles on display were damaged, either.

But it took seven fire trucks to put out the fire?

How very fortunate ...