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Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok, Thailand January 13, 2015. Staff from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) office were catching fish on Tuesday at the ground floor of the roofless New World department store that was closed down in 1997. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok, Thailand January 13, 2015. Staff from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) office were catching fish on Tuesday at the ground floor of the roofless New World department store that was closed down in 1997. Thousands of fish such as catfishes, fancy carps as well as black and red tilapias were released into the ground floor of the building, flooded with rainwater, as local vendors tried to control mosquitoes in the area, local media reported. BMA recently decided to remove the fish and release the water. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




People watch workers collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

People watch workers collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




People gather to see workers collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

People gather to see workers collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




A worker holds a fishing net inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A worker holds a fishing net inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




A worker pauses from collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A worker pauses from collecting fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




Workers get ready to collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers get ready to collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

A worker holds a fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




An abandoned department store is seen flooded in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

An abandoned department store is seen flooded in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)




Fish is caught inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Fish is caught inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok January 13, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
14 Jan 2015 11:57:00