Rescue team saves python stuck in drainage grate in Chiang Mai

Thairath•Society•21m ago

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Rescue workers in Chiang Mai used an electric file to free a large python stuck in a PVC drainage pipe.

•A large python approximately 3 meters long became stuck in a drainage grate.
•The incident occurred at Jai Kaew Erawan Village Soi 19 in Nong Hoi Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai District.
•The rescue operation took place at 17:45 on November 13, 2026.
•Rescue workers used an electric file to cut the 3-inch PVC pipe to free the snake.

•On November 13, 2026, at 17:45, Pol. Sen. Sgt. Maj. Rakchat Bunpramukh received a phone call from residents regarding a stuck snake.
•The incident occurred at Jai Kaew Erawan Village Soi 19, Nong Hoi Subdistrict, Mueang Chiang Mai District.
•A large python approximately 3 meters long had its head and half its body stuck in a 3-inch PVC drainage pipe.
•Pol. Sen. Sgt. Maj. Rakchat Bunpramukh led a team from the Nong Hoi Subdistrict Municipality Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department to investigate.
•The rescue team used an electric file to cut the PVC pipe to remove the python.
•The python will be released back into nature.

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Pol. Sen. Sgt. Maj. Rakchat Bunpramukh(จ.ส.ต.รักชาติ บูลย์ประมุข)

Head of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of Nong Hoi Subdistrict Municipality.

Nong Hoi Subdistrict Municipality(เทศบาลตำบลหนองหอย)

The local government body whose Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department handled the snake rescue.

Jai Kaew Erawan Village Soi 19(หมู่บ้านใจแก้วเอราวัณซอย 19)

The location where the python became stuck in a drainage grate.

Nong Hoi Subdistrict(ต.หนองหอย)

The subdistrict in Mueang Chiang Mai District where the incident occurred.

Mueang Chiang Mai District(อ.เมืองเชียงใหม่)ℹ️

The district where the rescue operation took place.