Tag: cables
Move to clear dead cables in Bangkok with 50% useless
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittiphan supervised the removal of dead cables at Thonglor road today (August 25) to speed up a project to tidy up communication lines running through 800 kilometres of the metropolis within two years, Naewna newspaper said. He was accompanied by Mrs. Pirongrong Ramsut, secretary-general National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, with this …
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Bangkok cables catch fire again in Lat Phrao area
JUST days after a transformer exploded at Sampeng market sparking a fire that gutted four shophouses and killed two persons, a bunch of tangled electrical cables in front of Lat Phrao Soi 111 caught fire this morning (July 12), Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.21 a.m. after Phan Fah Radio and fire hotline 199 were …
Man dies after getting entangled in dangling cable
A MAN WHO fractured his skull after falling off his motorcycle upon getting entangled in a dangling cable on Thursday evening died in hospital last night (Apr. 29) with his wife demanding that the communication company which strung up this cable take responsibility while police are checking whether charges could be filed, Matichon newspaper …
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MEA gives an explanation over Russell Crowe’s photo of cables
HOLLYWOOD megastar Russell Crowe’s photo of a mass of overhead cables with the caption “Bangkok dreaming…” led to a storm of criticism in Thai social media and this in turn prompted Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to explain that these were communication and not electric wires, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 16). In Bangkok for the …
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Communication cables in front of Pheu Thai Party HQ burst into flames
A BUNCH of tangled communications cables in front of Pheu Thai Party headquarters on New Petchburi road caught fire at 3.17 p.m. today (Nov. 22) leading to heavy traffic congestion both inbound and outbound, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Firemen from Bangkapi station and Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials quickly rushed to the scene to put …
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Communication cables burst into flames in Pattaya
SOME badly tangled communication cables suddenly caught fire in front of a convenience store in Pattaya this morning (Oct. 16) leading to disruption of services provided by various companies in the neighbourhood, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Policemen at Pattaya city station rushed to the site of the cable fire at Hanuman bend on Pattaya 2 …
Cables left on road ensnare motorbike injuring 2 persons
AN ELDERLY man and his granddaughter got badly injured in Chonburi province last evening after their motorcycle got tangled in a large pile of communication cables haphazardly left on the road, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 3). The accident was captured by a car camera of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction of …
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