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UNBELIEVABLE: Citywide building inspections after bangkok canopy collapse | History Defined

An engineer, top centre, inspects the row of shophouses where a second-floor concrete canopy collapsed on Saturday, crushing an elderly man to death. (Photo: Samphanthawong District Office)

Bangkok authorities plan citywide inspections of old buildings after the canopy collapse that killed an elderly man in Samphanthawong district on Saturday, with a similar incident reported on Tuesday morning.

City clerk Narong Ruangsri said a working group would be established to assess building safety, It would coordinate with the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority's public works department, district offices, the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning and the Engineering Institute of Thailand.

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