Good Riddance, says I.
Posted on 04/01/2006 1:19:29 PM PST by JimSEA
A shoe factory producing the world famous Ecco brand footwear was hit by a fire early yesterday. The fire destroyed one of the factory buildings and 400,000 pairs of the high-quality shoes, and caused the Denmark-based company a loss of more than a billion baht.
The fire brigade took four hours to extinguish the blaze, which broke out around 5.30am yesterday.
Around 30 workers were working in the factory when the fire broke out, but there were no reports of injuries.
However, the fire completely destroyed one of the company's five factories in Nakhon Luang district. Damage was estimated at nearly 1,200 million baht.
Chamnan Suksabai, a worker, told the police he could smell something burning from the shoe storage section when he was walking out of the factory. The fire quickly spread to other areas and finally brought down the whole building.
''We've interrogated 10 witnesses, most of them factory staff and security guards, but they gave unclear accounts of the accident,'' said Ayutthaya police chief Pol-Maj Gen Warawut Pukprayul. The company has temporarily shut down all its plants to facilitate the investigation
Insert Imelda Marcos joke here.
How many soles were lost?
400,000 soles lost!
Thai Interest Posters -- Am I out in left field again??
In related news, a distraught Imelda Marcos just committed suicide...no news yet on where her sole went...
1200 Milion Baht. thats about $7.37 cents American LOL.
SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!SHOES FOR INDUSTRY!
"Oh, the Shoemanity!"
Lol.
I'll bet the factory manager was a heel.
"SHOES FOR THE DEAF!"
I may just take off my shoes and sit in a tree.
"What kind of a heel jokes about other peoples soles?"
A guy with the last name of Shoemaker. ; ~ )
My pair cost me $175... Oxfords.. size 7. They're VERY comfortable, I wear them most days and they look great with Dockers. I'll buy another pair next time around. BTW, I don't care where something is made. If it fits my budget and/or needs, so what?
Good Riddance, says I.
No, 800,000 soles lost!
All jokes aside this may be important. It could be cartoon jihad related. There's no evidence for that yet, but with an unexplained fire in a Danish factory in a Muslim area in current times the thought needs to be considered until the fire is explained adequately otherwise.
.....400,000 soles lost!.......
Au contraire mi amigo ( a little frogmex lingo there)
Think on it. There would be 800,000 lost soles.
I susp[ect spark ignition of adhesive vapor.
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