The deadly fire at a beer hall in Lat Phrao has left the public with a haunting image: a long jet of flame bursting through the upper part of the main entrance like a fire-breathing dragon, even as people at floor level were still trying to escape.
Preliminary inspection findings, witness accounts, photographs and video evidence support a working hypothesis I formed soon after the incident: the most dangerous phase of the fire may have begun and developed inside the concealed space above the suspended ceiling, particularly near the stage, where electrical wiring and other building services were located above the ceiling near the stage.
