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A large fire breaks out in the CentralwOrld shopping mall on Saturday afternoon. Images: Chai_prod, Bb0un/Twitter

A fire broke out Saturday afternoon at the CentralwOrld shopping mall, according to reports on social media.

A large blaze broke out in the mall’s semi-outdoor dining area called Groove at around 4:15pm, sending shoppers fleeing through smoky corridors and coughing heavily, according to clips filmed at the scene.

Firefighters rushed to the scene and were attempting to put out the flames. There were no reports of injuries so far and the cause of the fire was not yet known.

One person reported fleeing upon seeing the smoke and flames without hearing any warning, three years after people complained no alarm sounded when a fatal blaze killed two employees and injured 17 in the same mall.

The mall announced at about 5:30pm that the fire had been extinguished and no one had been injured.

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A large fire breaks out Saturday afternoon in the CentralwOrld shopping mall. Image: ThaiViralPost/Twitter

A short circuit was blamed for Saturday’s fire at the CentralwOrld shopping mall, and one woman was treated for smoke inhalation, according to police. 

Prapakorn Tiyabutr was the only injured in the late afternoon blaze, which sent panicked shoppers scrambling for the exits after it broke out at the mall’s Groove dining area, said Col. Pansa Amarapitak, Pathumwan police chief.

Prapakorn was treated at the nearby Police General Hospital. 

Witnesses told the authorities that the fire started at a booth which was made of wood and decorated with LED bulbs and spotlights. It had been there since July and was connected to a power supply. 

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https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/short-circuit-blamed-for-fire-that-injured-1-at-centralworld/

 

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