POLICE investigation of recent fires at chemical factories in Rayong and Ayutthaya shows that the former was arson and arrest warrants will soon be issued for five to 10 suspects, TV Channel 7 said this evening (June 28). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thathchai Pitanilaputra, assistant national police chief, held a meeting today to follow up
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Minister fuming at chemicals leaking at Ayutthaya factory three times in a row
INDUSTRY Minister Ms. Pimpatra Wichaikul is furious at chemicals leaking at a factory in Ayutthaya province for the third time in a row last night (Apr. 27) and ordered the Department of Industrial Works to quickly resolve this problem and make sure it doesn’t happen again, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 28). She
Read moreChemical leak spreads toxic smoke in Rama 2 area
SOON after chemical warehouses in Rayong caught fire last Monday (Apr. 22) a chemical leak at a factory in Bangkok’s Rama 2 area led to toxic smoke billowing in the area in the predawn hours of today (Aug. 25), Amarin TV said. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s chemical response team together with firefighters
Read moreScores in Nonthaburi affected by chemical leak in Nakhon Pathom
FUMES from a major chemical spill at a factory in Nakhon Pathom early this morning (Sept. 22) spread to Nonthaburi leading to over 200 people suffering from burning eyes and nose but none needed hospitalisation while many schools shut for the day, Matichon newspaper said. The chemical spill occurred at Indorama Polyester Industries Ltd.
Read moreThailand on verge of using voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND is close to introducing chemical castration as a means of tackling sex crime after lawmakers approved a bill that will give some offenders the right to choose the procedure in return for a reduced prison sentence. The bill, which the lower house passed in March, was approved
Read moreUrgent! 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
Read moreOne 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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