Phuket Wan: Rawai Blaze: Razed Roxanne Rocks No More

[NewsBot]

bLatest/b A bar in the southern Phuket beach destination of Rawai has been destroyed in a blaze. Police have yet to determine whether the fire that razed Roxanne Bar was deliberately lit or not.

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[landofsmiles]

Valued at 8 million!!! For a shack type bar?

[PTG]

A friend rode by at 4 am and said the place was an inferno. Wonder if they had insurance?

[Masterwoodsman]

Originally Posted by landofsmiles

Valued at 8 million!!! For a shack type bar?

Where does it say its valued at 8 mil ???

[landofsmiles]

Gazette>>>

Phuket, Thailand: Sunday, February 7, 2010

Phuket bar destroyed in arson attack

RAWAI, PHUKET: Police are investigating an arson attack that completely destroyed the popular Roxanne Bar on Wichit Rd in Rawai early yesterday morning.

Chalong Police were notified of the blaze at 3:30am.

It took two Rawai Municipality fire engines about 30 minutes to put down the flames, but not before they destroyed the bar and everything inside.

Located near the Sapphaya Spa, the Roxanne Bar was run by a Nakhon Sri Thammarat woman named Wanida and her Danish husband.

After the bar closed Saturday night, one staff member stayed on for security.

The staff member told police that a man wearing a hood suddenly appeared, dousing furniture at the front of the bar with gasoline and quickly setting it alight before fleeing.

Police are investigating a business rivalry as a possible motive, noting that patrons of the popular bar often park their cars in front of rival establishments.

Initial estimates put the damage from the fire at 8 million baht.

Investigators from the Forensic Police Region 44 Office in Phuket Town are also taking part in the investigation.

[Crustasian]

They have a witness who saw a hooded man douse the furniture with fuel and set fire to it.They are wondering if it was arson!

[1904]

Originally Posted by Masterwoodsman

Where does it say its valued at 8 mil ???

Phuket Gazette

Phuket: Phuket bar destroyed in arson attack

I would of said nearer 80,000 baht

[nelsonone]

we do get a lot of fires here on this tropical island don't we....555

[PTG]

Originally Posted by Crustasian

They have a witness who saw a hooded man douse the furniture with fuel and set fire to it.They are wondering if it was arson!

Could be an accident where the guy meant to put the petrol in his motorbike and missed, so he decided to light it on fire.

I'm not sure where the 8 million figure comes from, but maybe it includes the land below which is of course now worthless .

[Evilbaz]

There was a lot of infrastructure at Roxanne's which wasn't highly visible............

[jaffaman]

from the Teak door forum
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