Fire at the 100th Anniversary Sermon Hall, Wat Nong Sakae, Dan Khun Thot District, Korat. The whole house was destroyed, including the temple’s cash, the abbot’s, 3 laptops, and the temple sound system. More than 1.2 million sacred objects coins were damaged at 8:00 a.m. on May 11, 2024. Police Lieutenant Colonel Phisit observed the Police Inspector (Investigation) at Dan Khun Thot Police Station, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Received a report of a fire at the sermon hall, Wat Nong Sakae, No. 200, Nong Sai Subdistrict, so reported it to the supervisor. Then rushed out to inspect the scene and found that the fire trucks of Nong Sai Subdistrict Administrative Organization and Ban Praeng Subdistrict Administrative Organization were helping to extinguish the fire, with Mr. Khiao Konsanthia, Mayor of Nong Sai Subdistrict Administrative Organization, and Mr. Prayut Pittaya. Phon, president of Ban Praeng Subdistrict Administrative Organization, Mrs. Wilailak Pongsungnoen, village headman, along with assistant administrator and villagers. It took more than 2 hours to put out the fire. Mr. Namchai Phongsungnoen, 59 years old, sub-inspector of the sub-district headman and a villager of Nong Sakae. It was revealed that at the time of the incident there were no monks or laypeople at the temple. Because there is an annual merit making ceremony in the middle of the house Monks were invited to eat breakfast. The villagers returned from giving alms to monks in the middle of the village and saw the incident and called others. Let’s help put out the fire. By this pavilion Built for more than 100 years, most of the pavilion pillars are old teak wood. There is Chao Athika Sathitaphinantho, aged 44 years, who is the abbot of the temple and holds the position of Abbot of Nong Sai Subdistrict. You also have rooms and the office of the Nong Sai Subdistrict Abbot. Inside this pavilion This is because a new residence is under construction to inspect the damage. In addition to the 100 Year Pavilion, which was damaged throughout, There was also cash from the temple received from donating the phaapa, approximately 90,000 (ninety thousand baht), personal money of the abbot in the bag, approximately 50,000 (fifty thousand baht), and some money from villagers’ merit making. Notebook 3 The temple’s sound equipment set, 1 large set and 1 small set, and a number of sacred objects coins of the abbot. The total value of the damage is approximately 1,200,000 baht. As for the cause of the fire, Waiting for officials to prove evidence Let’s check again.
