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After a blaze sparked by a faulty transformer torched six shophouses in Bangkok’s Sampheng market last week, Mahidol University’s electrical engineering department has come up with guidelines to prevent a repeat.

A motorcycle racing competition in downtown Trang went terribly wrong when a bike lost control and ploughed into the crowd, killing one and injuring eight others.

The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has said it is urgently working on providing assistance to those affected by a blaze that was allegedly sparked by a power transformer in Bangkok’s Sampheng market on Sunday.

A former aide to Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan defended new Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Monday, following a spate of serious fires in the month since he was elected.

A 53-year-old Prachuap Khiri Khan native who has been on a bicycle tour around the country was run over and killed by a 10-wheeler on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat).

China continues restricting imports of Japanese foods, including a total ban on fruit and vegetables. Beijing introduced the curbs following the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture and has continued the bans citing theories that are considered to have little scientific ground.

A woman passenger was injured when a No. 552 bus caught fire in front of Pantip Plaza mall on Ngam Wong Wan Road in Nonthaburi province on Monday night.

The manager of the Thai women’s football team, Nualphan Lamsam, might see a premature end to her Southeast Asian (SEA) Games campaign after getting injured in a freak accident.

A car driver had a lucky escape when heavy steel beams slid down a trailer truck and one of them hit the car’s windscreen on a Bangkok road early on Wednesday.

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has ordered an investigation into why a roof and supporting structures collapsed at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport on Monday.

Phang Nga police say that wealthy hotelier Vorasit “Pla Wan” Issara and three friends were not tested for alcohol after he crashed his Bentley on Thursday because officers “did not smell alcohol on their breath”.

Vorasit “Pla Wan” Issara, owner of Phuket’s ultra-luxury Sri Panwa resort, narrowly escaped death along with three friends when his Bt30-million Bentley crashed and rolled several times before bursting into flames on Phetkasem Road in Phang Nga province on Thursday night.