Terrifying moment roof gives way in Bangkok shopping mall sending customers running for their lives
- Roof collapsed at one of Bangkok’s busiest shopping malls on Wednesday night
- Footage has emerged of the horrifying collapse as shoppers ran for their lives
- Central Plaza WestGate reopened on Thursday morning after overnight repairs
Dramatic footage has captured the horrifying moment customers fled for their lives after the roof collapsed at Bangkok’s biggest shopping mall.
Torrential rain during a wild thunderstorm caused the ceiling to fall in at Central Plaza WestGate in Nonthaburi’s Bang Yai district on Wednesday night.
Terrifying footage shows sections of the ceiling come crashing to the ground floor.
Moments before the roof of Bangkok’s Central Plaza WestGate collapsed on Wednesday night
The screams of shocked shoppers can be heard as they fled to escape the carnage and torrential deluge pouring from above.
‘If it landed on a person they could have been killed,’ a shopper who filmed the footage told Yahoo.
‘There was nobody directly underneath because people had moved away from the water pouring from the ceiling.
‘The thunderstorm was very, very strong and the rain was powerful, but the building should be strong enough to withstand that.’
A thunderstorm caused damage to one of the biggest shopping centres in the Thai capital
Centre management said no one was injured and that damaged areas were cordoned off while overnight repairs were completed, The Bangkok Post reported.
The mall was reopened for business as normal on Thursday morning, despite damage to several shops.
Centre management has also apologised for any distress or inconvenience caused during the incident.
Centre management said no one was injured in the dramatic ceiling collapse (pictured)
Engineers are examining the building structure to find the cause of the roof collapse to ensure similar incidents don’t reoccur in the future.
Opened in 2015, the mall is described on its website as the ‘ultimate super regional mall in south-east Asia.’ and is the biggest shopping centre in Thailand.
The severe electrical storm caused flash flooding in the Thai capital on Wednesday night.
The shopping mall (pictured) reopened for normal trading on Thursday morning