Hundreds of residents were evacuated and two injured when flames ripped through almost 100 homes in Bangkok, Thailand, in the evening of August 12.<br /><br />The inferno - believed to have started from an electrical fault in a plug extension cable - began in a wooden townhouse property in the Thon Buri district of the capital city at around 7pm local time.<br /><br />Fire spread throughout the two-storey home as residents ran into the street. It then jumped to neighbouring buildings affecting at least 90 homes .<br /><br />Rescue efforts were hampered by the narrow streets. Fire crews managed to bring the blaze under control by 9pm but many structures were still smouldering.<br /><br />The glowing orange fire could be seen from several miles away sending plumes of smoke and flames into the night sky.<br /><br />Officials said that two residents were injured and taken to hospital. The full number of casualties is not yet known.<br /><br />''The fire started in a wooden home and spread very quickly as all the properties are close together,'' one fireman told local television news.<br /><br />''So far there have been two people taken to hospital with injuries. The initial theory about the cause of the the fire is that started from an electricity cable.<br /><br />''We have estimated that there are 90 homes that have been damaged or destroyed.''<br /><br />Police and fire investigators are at the scene to establish the exact cause of the blaze.
