PATTAYA, Thailand — Cambodian man who suffered severe burns to about 80% of his body travelled by intercity coach from Hua Hin to Pattaya to seek medical treatment, after sustaining injuries while working on a yacht, rescue officials said.
The incident was reported at about 1:40 p.m. on December 25th, when Pattaya’s Marine Disaster Prevention Radio Centre received a call from crew members of a fishing boat named Aura. They reported that a Cambodian worker had been badly burned and was aboard a vessel anchored in the middle of Pattaya Bay, in Nong Prue subdistrict of Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province.
Marine rescue personnel, together with medics from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Rescue Foundation in Pattaya, rushed to the scene.
On board the vessel, rescuers found the injured man, identified as Lee Boonma, 46, from Koh Kong, Cambodia. He had sustained serious burns to his face, arms and both legs, with an estimated 80% of his skin affected. Rescue workers provided emergency first aid before transporting him ashore at Laem Bali Hai Pier, where he was taken to Pattaya City Hospital for further treatment.
The yatch, and the fishing boat “aura”.Speaking to authorities, the man’s wife, Savitree Wong-ngern, 38, said her husband had delivered a yacht to a customer in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, on Dec. 24. On the morning of the incident, he travelled by coach back to Pattaya to meet her on the vessel, which was anchored in Pattaya Bay.
She said she was shocked when she first saw his condition. According to her husband, the injury occurred while he was repairing a battery beneath the yacht’s hull, when a sudden spark flared up and struck his face and arms. After being burned, he was unsure what to do and decided to take a bus across provinces to Pattaya so his wife could take him to see a doctor, she said.
The exact cause of the fire remains unclear. His wife said further details would be sought once his condition improves and he is able to explain what happened.
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