BANGKOK: An explosion at a fireworks manufacturing facility in central Thailand killed no less than 15 individuals on Wednesday, a rescue employee stated. The precise dying toll was not instantly clear, however Kritsada Manee-In, a rescue employee with the Samerkun Suphan Buri Rescue Basis, estimated that round 15 to 17 individuals had been killed. Native media supplied various dying tolls.
Pictures posted on-line by native rescue staff in Suphan Buri province confirmed the positioning, in an in any other case unoccupied rice subject, leveled flat apart from particles and physique elements.
The blast, whose trigger was not instantly clear, got here lower than a month earlier than Chinese language New Yr in February, when demand for fireworks is powerful.
In July final 12 months, a big explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand killed no less than 10 individuals and wounded greater than 100, in line with officers.
That explosion in Narathiwat province was in a residential space, damaging about 100 homes inside a radius of about 500 meters, in line with the Division of Catastrophe Prevention and Mitigation.
The Narathiwat governor stated that blast was possible ignited by development work that was happening within the warehouse, with sparks from metallic welding inflicting the fireworks saved inside to catch fireplace and explode.
Pictures posted on-line by native rescue staff in Suphan Buri province confirmed the positioning, in an in any other case unoccupied rice subject, leveled flat apart from particles and physique elements.
The blast, whose trigger was not instantly clear, got here lower than a month earlier than Chinese language New Yr in February, when demand for fireworks is powerful.
In July final 12 months, a big explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand killed no less than 10 individuals and wounded greater than 100, in line with officers.
That explosion in Narathiwat province was in a residential space, damaging about 100 homes inside a radius of about 500 meters, in line with the Division of Catastrophe Prevention and Mitigation.
The Narathiwat governor stated that blast was possible ignited by development work that was happening within the warehouse, with sparks from metallic welding inflicting the fireworks saved inside to catch fireplace and explode.
