More than 1,000 exotic animals have perished after a fire ripped through a famous market in Thailand. Snakes, puppies and Siamese fighting fish were among the pets and other animals killed as the blaze ravaged around 1,300 sq m of stalls at the Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok in the early hours of Tuesday. Some 118 shops were destroyed and an initial inspection suggests the fire was caused by an electrical fault, police said.
'I'm shock. I feel like crying, but there are no tears,' said one Siamese fighting fish shop owner Suwannee Sangdee. She fears her small establishment has been left in ruins and all her precious fish dead. 'Now I have to think about what's next.