Something sss-strange in your neighbourhood? In Bangkok, there's a 24-hour snake-catching hotline

BANGKOK - A fire department in northern Bangkok has not received a call for a fire since June. But for trapping a slithery foe? There is a 24-hour hotline.

"The work (catching snakes) is quite a lot," said Mr Suraphong Suepchai, a 46-year-old firefighter working in the Thai capital's Lat Yao district.

"For firefighting, we have none."

Snakes are a common sight in Bangkok, a bustling city built on once-swampy land, and it is not unusual to see them slithering across public spaces like parks, water canals and schools.



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