Hopefully, as people released majestic Yi Peng lanterns into the sky on Loy Kratong, they didn’t wish for them to burn someone’s house down.
That’s exactly what happened last night, to the home of Thanin Panuwattawong’s home in the Baan Klang district of Pathumthani last night, when a Yi Peng lantern descended from the heavens to ignite foam boxes stored on the second floor. It took 10 fire trucks and 30 minutes to extinguish that blaze.
In a more severe case, an entire house in Tak province was burned to the ground. In Mae Sod district, a fire was reported to burn down the wooden home of 45-year-old Rassamee Nangyam while she was attending festivities. The neighbour reveals she saw a touch down on the roof, setting the entire home ablaze. She then called the fire department, who put out the flames in 30 minutes, Khaosod reported.
From an online report, a Pantip user also shared evidence of a lantern landing on his house. The user Heller reported he later found out in the morning that the back of his house was on fire. While the source of fire obviously started from the roof, he believes it has got to be a Yi Peng lantern, which could have fallen down through the thin part of the roof and started the fire.
Netizens in the comments section agree officials should ban the lanterns in the future because the tradition causes more harm than good. Meanwhile several users shared photos of lanterns they found around their houses after Loy Kratong festival last night.
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