Whoops - some bright spark just managed to destroy a 3 million Baht Speedboat. No it didn't sink. No it wasn't rammed. It was set on fire by a stray spark from a welders torch.
Pattaya Police, Fire Trucks, Rescue vehicles and medics rushed to the scene - NPSK Marine Company based on the Sukhumvit Road where a 33 foot twin engined speedboat was engulfed in flames.
A friend of the boatyard's owner Khun Soranon aged 57 had agreed to take care of the boat which belonged to a friend.
Fire officials examined a building that was under construction on the enjoining plot and found evidence that may indicate that sparks had been produced in the roof of the structure and that was It seems that sparks were blown over the boatyard causing the canvas cover on the speedboat to set on fire.
He enrolled some staff to help to pull out of the yard but they were forced back by the fierce flames that had now engulfed the multi-million Baht Speedboat. It took firefighters 30 minutes to put out the blaze. There is no news at the moment if the welder who caused the fire has been fired.
