Fireworks factory flattened after explosion and fire in Pathum Thani
February 08, 2018 | By Thai PBS
A small fireworks home factory exploded and caught fire Thursday morning in the community in Samkhok district of Pathum Thani province.
One woman was slightly injured on her hand from the blast and fire which was put under control in an hour later.
Sam Khok police said they were alerted of the explosion at 9am shortly after the home factory on Soi 12 in Ban Ngiew village in Tambon Ban Ngiew was reduced to wreckage by the explosion.
Firemen arrived in 10 fire trucks and put out the fire which ensued after the explosion after half an hour of raging, About 3 houses in the vicinity were damaged from the explosion.
Neighbours told police that the home factory had been used to store fireworks that were used for funerals and other events.
The owners’s son told police that he heard the loud bang from the fireworks storage room while he was sleeping.
He then rushed to leave the house with his mom for safety.
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The explosion was about 100 metres from a school in the same soi.
Police will investigate the cause of fire.
Fireworks factory flattened after explosion and fire in Pathum Thani - Thai PBS English News
