One dead, 33 injured from Bangkok factory explosion
Multiple fire trucks, water trucks and two helicopters were deployed to quell the blaze
By Thanaporn Promyamyai and Lillian Suwanrumpha
July 6, 2021 05:03 BST
An explosion near Bangkok s international airport Monday left a plastics factory in flames, killing at least one firefighter and wounding 33 people as rescue workers struggled to extinguish the blaze hours later.
Heavy plumes of black smoke could be seen rising to the sky from the city s downtown 35 kilometres (21 miles) away, and by early evening the dark clouds had shrouded the Thai capital.
Firefighters work at the site of an explosion and fire at a plastics factory on the outskirts of Bangkok on July 5, 2021. Photo: AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
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