Seven people including four children among dead as roof collapses in Thai storm

First responders conducting search and rescue operations after a school sports field roof collapsed, in Thailand's Phichit Province, on May 22. - PHOTO: SALVATION RESCUE ASSOCIATION/FACEBOOK

BANGKOK, May 23, 2023 (AFP): Seven people, including four children, were killed when a roof over a school sports field collapsed in a storm in Thailand, officials said Tuesday.

The children, aged between six and 13, were playing in the open-sided building at a school in Phichit province on Monday, watched by a number of spectators.