British tourist held for allegedly setting fire to Chiang Mai hotel


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): A British tourist was arrested in Chiang Mai early on Thursday (April 20), a few hours after he allegedly set fire to a hotel near the Chiang Mai bus terminal in Muang district late on Wednesday night.

Police said the Chiang Mai fire station was alerted to the blaze at the hotel on Kaew Navarat Road in Tambon Wat Ked at around 11pm. Firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the blaze in about half an hour.

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