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Go back to the home page of the Phuket Weather and Hotels Blog Friday, March 28, 2008 New Marriott Courtyard Patong in flames
A big plume of smoke widely visible rose over Patong Beach today early afternoon and crowds gathered near Patong Beach Road to watch firefighters put out the flames that engulfed the corner section of the Marriott Courtyard Patong, currently under construction and scheduled to open soon.
As local news reported, Kathu Police Superintendent Col Grissak Songmoonnak said that the fire started around 14:00 and it took firefighters around half an hour to get control over the fire. "We believe that a spark from workers carrying out construction might have ignited insulation and started the fire. We have no more information at this time and we are still investigating the cause of the fire. It is too early to put a value on the extent of the damage," Col Grissak was quoted by local media.  Picture: Phuket PostThe hotel was formerly known as the Grand Tropicana Phuket and the building was taken over by the Marriott group after the Phuket Grand Tropicana hotel was in the news in February last year: several guests from a group of Finnish tourists contracted legionnaires' disease due to hygienic problems in the cooling system of the hotel and the hotel was closed by Phuket health authorities. Links of Interest: Labels: hotels, patong beach Permanent Link posted by hotelATM @ 4:43 PM
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