20221014 Fire at smelting plant in Phuket, no casualties
Thailand Oct 14 2022 “Building” “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire at smelting plant in Phuket, no casualties
Updated: 2022-10-14
Thick, black smoke billows out into the sky at a smelting plant in tambon Wichit, Phuket, after a fire erupted on Friday afternoon. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
PHUKET: A fire broke out at a smelting plant in Muang district on Friday afternoon. No casualties were reported.
Thick, black smoke was billowing into the sky at the factory, as two fire trucks were deployed to the scene. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze quickly.
According to a source, the owner of the smelting plant told police the incident was caused by a fire that suddenly erupted, not an explosion as some media outlets had reported.
Nonetheless, police and forensic officers were investigating the cause of the fire.
Web Source: Bangkok Post
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