Big Fire In Boeung Tumpon - NOW

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Yes, a bit west of there.

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Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 10:23 pm From the TVFB video, it looked like one of those single story, rooms for rent (4 x 4 , bathroom/toilet in the corner).
Probably gas bottles exploding.
I am pretty sure I heard one of those booms all the way in TTP when a bottle went up. I thought it was a strange time for fireworks.
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Felgerkarb wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 11:11 am
Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 10:23 pm From the TVFB video, it looked like one of those single story, rooms for rent (4 x 4 , bathroom/toilet in the corner).
Probably gas bottles exploding.
I am pretty sure I heard one of those booms all the way in TTP when a bottle went up. I thought it was a strange time for fireworks.
There were fireworks at Olympic Stadium for the Cambodian games
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Seeing that fireman walking around with a flaccid hose was a sad sight. Somebody give that man a fire extinguisher FFS!
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Damn. What news to wake up to. I assume it was contained?
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Yeah, I don't think there were any casualties.

I ended up chasing a fire truck there and directing another.

The whole neighbourhood is a 1666 waiting to happen.
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Heng Heng Heng wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 12:12 pm Seeing that fireman walking around with a flaccid hose was a sad sight. Somebody give that man a fire extinguisher FFS!
Very difficult for the firemen to access that area due to the small alleyways.

Thank god for the bucket brigade.

@that genius, yep this whole area is a maze of small lanes and alleys. I wonder if anyone will learn anything from this.
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I pledge my health, income and visa taxes to invest in some portable gear.

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Still pledging.
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In our little enclave here, the police require each dwelling to have fire extinguishers. One for each floor.

They're serious too, they come around once a year and check. When we first moved in I thought I'd be proactive and buy them ahead of time. But when the police came by to check, I had gotten the wrong size, they require the bigger ones, so I ended up having to buy 3 more.

They're pretty big and thick, come up to about my knee in height.
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