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Factory blaze residents return home
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PCD says air quality now safe enough
published : 8 Jul 2021 at 05:00
5 Residents return home in the vicinity of the burnt factory of Ming Dih Chemical Co on Soi King Kaew 21 in Bangphli district, Samut Prakan, on Wednesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
Residents living within a 2-5 kilometre radius of the burned-out Ming Dih Chemical Co factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan have been allowed to return home after the Pollution Control Department (PCD) confirmed air quality in the area was at a safe level.
Provincial governor Wanchai Kongkasem said on Wednesday that all areas within that radius of the factory had been examined to ensure safety for when people returned.
Bang Phli chemical fire under control
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published : 6 Jul 2021 at 11:53
25 The ruins of the Ming Dih Chemical Co factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan on Tuesday, after the fire was doused. (Rescue foundations photo)
SAMUT PRAKAN: The fire that had raged through a plastics factory in Bang Phli district since early Monday has been brought under control, but intermittent flare-ups continued through Tuesday morning.
Firefighters continued to spray water and flame retardents on the smoking ruins of the Taiwanese-owned Ming Dih Chemical Co foam and plastic pellets factory.
Rescures said on Tuesday the fire was declared under control about 5am, more than 24 hours after a huge explosion started the blaze at the factory in Soi King Kaew 21.
Huge explosion, fire at chemical factory, 21 injured
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published : 5 Jul 2021 at 12:16
updated: 5 Jul 2021 at 18:42
33 An explosion and fire levels Ming Dih Chemical Co factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan on Monday morning. (Photo: Poh Teck Tung Khamrop 51 Foundation via @fm91trafficpro Twitter account)
SAMUT PRAKAN: A huge explosion and fire destroyed a factory producing plastic foam and plastic pellets and caused extensive damage to surrounding communities in Bang Phli district early Monday morning
Twenty-one people were confirmed injured, officials and rescue foundations reported. The toll was not final.
The fire was initially believed brought under control around dawn, but black smoke continued to billow into the sky late in the morning.
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