BMA to monitor undesirable incidents in Bangkok on New Year’s Eve
Security cameras to monitor major New Year countdown sites around city
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Monday instructed its officials to be vigilant for undesirable incidents during the New Year countdown celebrations on Tuesday.
Dr Sunthorn Sunthornchart, deputy permanent secretary of the BMA, gave the order when he visited the New Year situation monitoring room at the Chao Phraya Room of City Hall in Phra Nakhon district.
Officials have set up large-screen TVs to monitor feeds from security cameras at major New Year countdown sites around Bangkok.
Sunthorn asked officials to monitor the situation closely.
He was also informed by the BMA’s Medical Department that it would closely watch for people injured by fires during New Year celebrations.
Officials at the monitoring room also reported to Sunthorn that between Friday and Sunday, seven people were killed by road accidents in Bangkok.
He also received a report that three foreign tourists died in a fire at the Ember Hotel on Khaosan Road in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district on Sunday night.
