Marriott Patong catches fire

The Marriott Courtyard hotel, currently under construction to replace the Grand Tropicana hotel that once stood plumb in the middle of Patong, is reported to have caught fire March 28 at 2:45pm. The fire is anticipated to have caused damage to the tune of 1 million baht. A notice board that caught fire during a welding process is believed to have caused the conflagration.