Fire at famous Thai market kills hundreds of caged pets, officials say

A man takes pictures of the remains of snakes and exotic animals killed during a fire in a pets and exotic animals shop at Chatuchak market in Bangkok on Tuesday. A fire ripped through part of the famed Chatuchak Weekend Market in the Thai capital of Bangkok early Tuesday, killing

hundreds of caged animals, including dogs, cats, birds, fishes and snakes, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said. The fire broke out at around 4 a.m. local time and was extinguished around 25 minutes later, Chayakorn Kumchoke, an assistant to the administration’s spokesman, said in a phone interview Tuesday. He said that around 800 animals were killed, all of them marketed as pets.The fire damaged most of the animal section of the market, where 118 shops are spread over some 15,000 square feet, Chayakorn said.Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed.

Officials said they are still working to estimate the cost of the damage, and that affected shop owners could register for compensation, the AP reported.

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