Tag: fire
40 fire trucks deployed to fight Samut Prakan paper factory fire
FIREMEN are having a difficult time putting out a blaze at a paper factory in Bang Bo district of Samut Prakan province this evening (Dec. 2), Thai Rath newspaper said. At 6 p.m. today Pol. Lt. Col. Paradorn Pengkot, deputy inspector at Bang Bo police station, was notified of a fire breaking out at …
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Huge fire raging at oil warehouse in Nakhon Pathom
A FIERCE fire is raging at an oil warehouse near Thanya market in Om Yai area of Nakhon Pathom province with there being continuous eruptions after the blaze started noon today (Nov. 29), Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. At 12.21 p.m. it was reported that this plant, Prapha Oil Om Yai, stored thinner and oil …
Fire at Siriraj Hospital’s Covid ward quickly doused
A FIRE broke out at the storage area of Siriraj Hospital’s 8th floor Covid ward at 5.30 p.m. today (Oct. 18) but the patients were all safely evacuated and the blaze quickly put out, Siam Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Itthipol Chanpaengngoen, an inspector at Bangkok Noi police station, was notified of the …
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Depressed German man injures self, sets house on fire
FIREFIGHTERS in Chonburi province managed to rescue a depressed German man who he locked himself in his house after being persuaded to let his 14-year-old daughter leave and then set it on fire and while it was ablaze used a knife to stab himself in the stomach and throat on the balcony, Siam Rath …
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Residents beyond 1-km radius of gutted factory allowed to return home
WITH the massive fire at the foam and plastic pellets factory now extinguished people living beyond one-kilometre radius of this gutted plant have been allowed to return home from 5 p.m. today (July 7) but King Kaew Soi 19-25 are still under control, Amarin TV said. Samut Prakan Governor Wanchai Kongkasem said King Kaew road …
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Heavy rain puts out new fire at plastics factory
DRIVING rain and strong winds helped extinguish a new fire that erupted at the foam and plastics pellets factory in Samut Prakan province at 5 p.m. this evening (July 6), Amarin TV said. Two provincial firefighters got injured when the violent fire at Ming Dih Chemical Company’s factory that raged for over 27 hours from …
Huge effort by several agencies helped extinguish the blaze
IN A Facebook post Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said this morning (July 6) that he was closely monitoring the massive fire at the foam and plastic pellets factory in Samut Prakan throughout while revealing the names of agencies involved and materials used in extinguishing it, Amarin TV said. After commending the bravery of firefighters …
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Plastics factory fire fully extinguished at 7 a.m.
FIREFIGHTERS bravely battling a fierce blaze at a foam and plastic pellets factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, for over 27 hours managed to fully extinguish it at 7 a.m. this morning (July 6), Sanook.com said. The huge fire at Ming Dih Chemical Co., Ltd factory that erupted at 3.20 a.m. yesterday …
Urgent! New blast worsens plastics factory fire
THE violent blaze at the foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, intensified again after a new explosion at 8. 45 p.m. tonight, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said. Over seventeen hours after a string of explosions triggered a massive blaze at Ming Dih Chemical Co., Ltd factory …
Factory fire still raging as toxic fumes blow towards On Nut, Lat Krabang
THE massive fire at the foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, was still raging at 5.40 p.m. today (July 5) but the wind has changed direction leading to toxic fumes now spreading towards On Nut and Lat Krabang areas, Amarin TV said. Kamov KA-27 helicopters joined in …
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One fireman dead, others pull out as blaze approaches oil tank
THE battle to put out a massive fire at a foam and plastic pellet factory in King Kaew Soi 21, Samut Prakan province, intensified with firemen told to withdraw from the compound at 12.45 p.m. because the blaze was approaching an oil tank, Sanook.com said. At noon one firefighter died at the scene and three …
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30 hurt as firemen battle huge chemical factory fire
A MASSIVE fire at a foam and plastic pellet factory on King Kaew Road in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakran province was still not extinguished six hours after a series of explosions triggered the blaze at 3.10 a.m. this morning (July 5) with vibrations felt in a wide area and surrounding …
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Firefighters battling huge blaze at plastics warehouse
FIREFIGHTERS are still trying to fully extinguish a massive fire that broke out a plastics warehouse in Sai Mai area of Bangkok at 3.47 p.m. today (May 16), TV Channel 7 said. Thick, dark plumes of toxic smoke rose into the sky as fierce flames shot out from N Trade Company’s warehouse at the entrance …
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Man loses a million baht when car catches fire
A YOUNG Thai man who was driving to a bank in Pattaya to deposit one million baht this afternoon (May 4) lost it all when the seden suddenly caught fire, Thai Rath newspaper said. AT 12.30 p.m. this seaside city’s Sawang Boriboon Radio Rescue Centre was notified of a car ablaze on the inbound side …
Big fire at oil warehouse next to petrol pump
A FIERCE fire is raging at an oil warehouse which is next to a PTT pump in Nakhon Pathom province and initially 10 fire engines have reached the scene and are battling the blaze, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (April 21). The fire at Prapakorn Oil Company in Om Yai subdistrict, Samphran district, broke …
4 volunteers, one resident dead in collapse of fire-gutted house
FOUR Disaster Prevention and Mitigation volunteers and one resident died in the collapse of the fire-hit house in Soi Anyamanee at Bangkok’s Thawi Wattana district early this morning (April 3) with the body of one of the volunteers having been brought out and work underway to rescue the other four bodies, Thai Rath newspaper …
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At least 3 dead, many trapped after fire guts house in luxury estate
AN early morning fire at a three-storey house in a luxury estate in Thawi Wattana district caused the structure to collapse killing at least three persons, one a resident and two volunteer firefighters, with many more of the latter trapped in the rubble, Sanook.com said today (April 3). Volunteer firefighters bravely went into the …
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Big forest fire at Chaing Mai’s Doi Samoeng still raging
CHIANG MAI’S firefighters are having a tough time putting out a severe forest fire that broke out on Doi Samoeng mountain at 8 p.m. last night and although managing to partly control it, the blaze is still raging today (March 30), Sanook.com said. Mr, Chakra Dityanan, head of Royally Initiated Samoeng Forest Fire Control Station …
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Forest fire erupts at nearby Nakhon Nayok province
A FOREST fire broke out in Nakhon Nayok province that is just 106 kilometres from Bangkok this afternoon (March 29) with officials and local people quickly helping to put it out, Siam Rath newspaper said. The fire at Khao Noi in Phrommani subdistrict, Muang district, erupted because of the current hot weather but if there …
Choppers help fight fierce fire at Chiang Mai national park
HELICOPTERS from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation flew 19 trips to help put out an uncontrollable forest fire on the south side of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park in Chiang Mai province yesterday (March 10) but by nightfall, after spraying 57,000 liters of water, only managed to reduce it by 50 percent, TV Channel …
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Fire guts downtown plastic factory, four houses
A FIERCE fire that took 45 minutes to extinguish broke out at a plastic factory in Sathupradit Soi 24 around noon today (Feb. 21) completely destroying the single-storey plant and four adjacent houses but there were no fatalities, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Phattharaphong Wichaidit, duty officer at Phraya Krai police station, was …
Man penniless after mobile phone fire guts house
A MAN in Trat province plunged into financial ruin after a mobile phone left charging by his grandchildren exploded and triggered a fire that completely gutted his two-storey wooden house, Amarin TV reported this afternoon (Jan. 14). Pol. Lt. Kasipat Jaroonroj, duty officer at Laem Ngop station, was alerted to the fire at Mr. Thawin …