 7 people were killed and at least 18 were injured after the roof of a school's gymnasium collapsed during a storm in Fitchett Province, over 300 km north of Bangkok, on May 22 evening. The emergency personnel worked through the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday to rescue injured victims from the wreckage and recovered the bodies of six people which included students, janitors and parents. The death toll later increased by one when a six-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at the hospital after being rescued. Residents in the area reported that the collapse took place amid a violent storm. Speaking to local media typibias, an unidentified resident said, at first, I didn't know what it was, I didn't know it was the wind. It was like a battlefield because of the loud noises. I've been here for 40 years and have never experienced such an event.