Hatyai,Thailand For Sawadee Newbies

[man-003]

Wtf..i was there same time last weekend
So sad. Hope those people there are save.

[waiwaiz]

Originally Posted by mlvnyong

News fm friend in HDY , 5 bombs was planted, May Flower also bombed.

this news from where sia? cant find when i do a search. Sianz half

[waiwaiz]

Triple bomb attack kills nine in Thailand
Posted: 31 March 2012 1917 hrs

YALA, Thailand: Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south, a hospital worker said.

read more.........http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...192392/1/.html

[mlvnyong]

Originally Posted by waiwaiz

this news from where sia? cant find when i do a search. Sianz half

My HDY kaki call me, during lunch time.

[BlueDragon193]

Aiyah, false alarm and almost scare off most cheongster.
Just gas explosion not bomb and pity those staying in Lee garden hotel.

[KatoeyLover69]

Report from Bangkok Post dated 31 March 2012 :-

Lee Gardens Hotel fire kills 5 in Hatyai

Five people were killed and dozens injured in a fire on Saturday at the Lee Gardens Hotel in downtown Hat Yai, officials said.

Four men and one woman died in the fire, Songkhla Governor Grisada Boorach told AFP. He said 336 people were injured, of whom 28 were in hospital.

The cause of the fire was still being investigated, the governor said.

City mayor Prai Pattano earlier said the fire apparently was caused by a gas explosion in the basement of the building.

Mr Prai also said that more than 300 people were injured but most were not seriously hurt and had been discharged. Most of those injured suffered from smoke inhalation, many in the hotel's large shopping arcade.

Police Lieut Phuvadol Viriyanarangkul said foreign tourists were among those injured but there were no details on them so far.
----- KatoeyNewsNetwork

[DaTan]

I arrived at Hatyai today around 2.30pm.. Majority of the roads around Lee gArden were cordoned off.. I'm still there now and many army personnels are still standing guard the streets.. My thai friends there told me 2 bombs went off.. And the timing of the bombing in hatyai and yala was about the same.. the smoke was pretty jialat in the afternoon..

Will update here if there are any more
Happenings as I will only be leaving on Monday..

[norice]

DaTan,

The blast was caused by a car bomb!

[Davidoff9876]

Hope all fellow seamsters there are safe. Almost made plans to go there (with Lee Gardens hotel in mind) from 30th march to 2nd april but did not due to last minute work.

Otherwise, my ass would have been cooked

[The Milk Man]

Hatyai got 2 Lee Gardens hotel....... so which one kenna hit?

Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel ? or Lee Gardens Hotel ?

[The Milk Man]

Originally Posted by norice

DaTan,

The blast was caused by a car bomb!

The car bombing occurred in Yala..... not Hatyai.

It has been confirmed that the explosion in Hatyai was caused by a gas leak in a fast food restaurant in Lee Gardens Plaza shopping arcade.

There were 3 explosions in Yala........ 2 motorcycle bombs and a car bomb.

[klguylate30s]

There are many factors to this issue. It could be a cover to avoid negative perspective for Hatyai tourism which is their main source of income coz the timing really so ngam one ah???? Anyway pity Hatyai people coz cari makan also so hard!

[petainrd]

Hat Yai 'was car bomb'
Published: 1/04/2012 at 07:00 AM

A car bomb is believed to have caused the fire that killed five people at a Hat Yai hotel and sent more than 300 to hospital on Saturday.

It was fairly clear that the blast was caused by a car bomb, according to evidence found at the scene, said Surin Weerasook, a mechanic (professional level) with the Region 12 Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, who led an inspection team to examine the cause of the explosion.

Four men and one woman died in the fire, Songkhla Governor Grisada Boorach told AFP. He said 336 people were injured, of whom 28 were in hospital.

Hat Yai mayor Phrai Phatthano reportedly admitted that the fire was caused by sabotage on the underground floor of the five-star Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel. However, he urged all sides to wait for an official conclusion on what caused the blaze.

The fire broke out just after a series of blasts in the commercial heart of Yala killed 10 people and injured more than 100, on one of the deaadliest days of the protracted southern insurgency.

Mr Surin said explosives had been hidden in a car parked on the underground parking floor, B2 of the 33-storey Lee Gardens in Songkhla province’s business and shopping hub.

The force of the blast tore the car to pieces and debris penetared the hotel's first floor located three floors above.

About 10 cars parked on B4 were also heavily damaged.

Mr Surin’s assumption coincided with TV news footage showing that explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) police had collected objects believed to be explosive devices at the scene.

Charred remains of five human bodies, one of them a woman, were found on separate underground floors of the hotel. Between 300 and 400 people were injured, mostly suffering rom smoke inhalation, burns and injuries from broken glass and falling debris, Mr Prai said.

Initial reports indicated that the fire was caused by an explosion in the five-star hotel’s gas pipeline system, and officials denied reports of a car bomb.

Songkhla Provincial Administration Organisation president Udon Uthit Choochart told Thai PBS television shortly before 6pm that emergency fire and rescue teams had used cranes to evacuate all people stranded on upper floors between seventh and 33th stories, which house the hotel rooms.

Heavy black smoke was seen billowing out of the underground floors and clouding the sky. Authorities earlier tried to use ventilation fans to clear heat and smoke to help stranded guests flee the hotel but failed due to excessive smoke.

Reports said the air in the underground floors was filled with gas, requiring authorities to wear oxygen masks and take turns in the area, for only 30 minutes maximum at a time.

[klguylate30s]

HAADYAI: As coordinated bomb blasts rocked the towns of Yala and Pattani in the southern Thai province, an attack occurred at a hotel in this city, killing five people including a Malaysian.

The Malaysian has been identified as Low Thian Hock, 46, from Kulim. However, there are unconfirmed reports over Thai's PBS television station that two more Malaysian tourists may have been killed.

Twenty-seven Malaysians were also among the estimated 300 to 400 people injured in the bomb attack.


The aftermath: Security personnel looking at the wreckage at Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Sanaeharnusorn Road, Haadyai in southern Thaland yesterday.
Thai police chief Preawpan Damapong later confirmed that the explosion at the 33-storey Lee Garden Hotel, initially believed to have been due to a gas leak, was caused by a car bomb.

Haadyai Mayor Prai Pattano said the bomb was located in the basement of the hotel.

The attack, which occurred just minutes after the Yala blasts, originated from a car parked at the B2 level of the hotel, causing a gas cylinder in the kitchen and store of a fast food outlet upstairs to explode.

Malaysian consul-general in Songkhla Mohd Aini Atan said so far, only one Malaysian had been confirmed killed in the attack.


Rescue workers evacuating a woman after she was trapped by a fire at the hotel.
“Ten Malaysians injured in the attack have been warded at Haadyai Hospital while 17 others received outpatient treatment,” he said.

The injured Malaysians in the Lee Garden Plaza Hotel explosion at about 1pm yesterday were trapped in the building for about two hours, added Mohd Aini.

The three bomb blasts in Yala, which occurred minutes apart, killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 100.

Several shophouses near the blast sites were set on fire and many parked cars and motorcycles were damaged by the powerful explosions.


Holiday cut short: Tourists being evacuated after a hotel fire following a blast in Haadyai in southern Thailand yesterday. — AP
Relating the Haadyai incident, Malaysian Irwan Ahmad Rejab, 30, said he had just left the hotel and was about to leave for Songkhla on a day trip with his wife, three children and mother when he heard the blast.

“I asked the driver to turn back to see what was happening. When I reached my hotel, I saw glass strewn all over the road and it was chaos with policemen and medical personnel everywhere.

“Luckily, I got out 30 minutes earlier. I shudder to think what would have happened to me and my family if we were still in our room,” said the civil servant from Kajang, Selangor.

Another Malaysian, who wanted to be known only as Lim, 43, from Penang, said he was in a nearby temple praying when he heard the explosion.


Black smoke rising: Firefighters extinguishing the blaze at Lee Garden Plaza Hotel. — Reuters
“I was supposed to leave Haadyai in a few days but now I want to go back as soon as possible,” he said.

The building has been cordoned off by the police.

[KatoeyLover69]

Originally Posted by The Milk Man

Hatyai got 2 Lee Gardens hotel....... so which one kenna hit?

Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel ? or Lee Gardens Hotel ?

It's the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel