Fire damages Burma embassyFire broke out early Monday and seriously damaged the top floor of the Burmese embassy on Sathorn Road, but there were no injuries, police officials said.They said the fire, which occurred after sunrise, was brought under control within 30 minutes but that there was a significant amount of smoke.The roof of the building collpased during the blaze, prompting officials at the embassy to move their cars out of the area."The blaze broke out on the top floor, in a room full of documents and filing cabinets," firefighter Niwat Jootawong told a reporter of the AFP news agency. "That floor is basically burnt down. There's also a little damage on the ground floor.""It was an accident," said Pol Maj Thanyaboon Thonjalatwong. "There were no injuries, and we've ruled out sabotage."The embassy closed its visa section.The fire coincided with mounting confusion within the international aid community over whether the Burmese junta will follow up on commitments to grant more visas to aid workers seeking to enter the country to meet the desperate needs of some 2.4 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis.
witnesses said the fire, which occurred after sunrise, was brought under control within 30 minutes but that there was a significant amount of smoke.
An investigation is under way at the embassy, which is on a main thoroughfare in the Thai capital Bangkok.
"The blaze broke out on the top floor, in a room full of documents and filing cabinets," said firefighter Niwat Jootawong. "That floor is basically burnt down. There's also a little damage on the ground floor."
The fire occurred one day after an international conference on cyclone relief in Myanmar, where the junta has drawn worldwide criticism over its handling of the disaster that has left at least 133,000 dead or missing.
An investigation is under way at the embassy, which is on a main thoroughfare in the Thai capital Bangkok.
"The blaze broke out on the top floor, in a room full of documents and filing cabinets," said firefighter Niwat Jootawong. "That floor is basically burnt down. There's also a little damage on the ground floor."
The fire occurred one day after an international conference on cyclone relief in Myanmar, where the junta has drawn worldwide criticism over its handling of the disaster that has left at least 133,000 dead or missing.
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