PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said while inspecting Khlong Thom Centre which was gutted in a fierce blaze that started at approximately 8.45 p.m. last night and only brought under control at around 5 a.m. this morning (Aug. 29) that it is unlikely to have been arson, Naewna newspaper said. This blaze does not appear
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Oil tanker blaze still raging after three hours
A FIRE that spread across an oil tanker carrying 20,000 litres of fuel oil and diesel and docked at Samut Songkhram province for repairs was still raging three hours after an explosion triggered it this morning (Jan. 17) with one person dead and five injured, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said. At 9.30 a.m.
Read moreFires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Ankara – Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday (August 1) as wildfires that have claimed eight lives raged for a fifth day, while blazes also hit Greece, Italy and Spain. Fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds – with experts saying
Read moreHuge fuel tanker blaze destroys 10 shophouses, 20 vehicles,
MORE than eight hours after a fuel tanker carrying 40,000 litres of fuel slammed into an 18-wheel trailer truck in Buriram province and exploded into a huge ball of fire that quickly spread and destroyed 10 shophouses and 20 vehicles at around midnight last night firemen were still hosing down the vehicles because around 30,000
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