RED FLAGS have been posted on the beaches of Koh Hong island off Krabi province to warn tourists not to swim in the sea and stay away from the seaside as fire jellyfish had been found floating closeby with a large number having also washed up, Sanook.com said today (June 12). Mr. Weerasak Sisatchang, head
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Major fire at waste recycling complex, significant damage reported
A BIG FIRE broke out at a waste recycling shop and adjacent yard where piles of waste were stacked in Thung Khru district at 8.30 p.m. last night (Apr. 1) with firemen helped by workers and neighbours taking 40 minutes to put it out, Matichon newspaper said. Upon being alerted of a fire breaking out
Read moreCAT Telecom building fire brought under control
A FIRE that broke out on the sixth floor of a CAT Telecom Plc building on Chaengwattana road has been brought under control with no one having got injured, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 4). Thung Song Hong police were informed of a fire breaking out at the CAT Telecom headquarters at 12.30 p.m.
Read moreFire at Sukhumvit condo, 5 firefighters hurt in paper factory blaze
A FIRE broke out at a condominium in Sukhumvit Soi 61 at 11.16 a.m. today (Dec. 3) but this has been extinguished while five firefighters got injured at the Samut Prakan paper factory blaze that raged for five hours last night before it was brought under control, Sanook.com said. By 11.39 a.m. firemen had put
Read more40 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
Read moreHuge 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
Read moreFire 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
Read moreDepressed 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
Read moreResidents 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
Read moreHeavy 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
Read moreHuge 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
Read morePlastics 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
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 moreFactory 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
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
Read more30 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
Read moreFirefighters 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
Read moreMan 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
Read moreBig 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
Read more4 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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