A huge fire broke out late Tuesday night at a large paper factory in Samut Sakhon province forcing the evacuation of over a hundred of workers on the night shift. Fire police said the inferno happened at Panjapol Fibre Container Co Ltd’s paper container factory on Ekkachai road in Muang district. Read more: thaipbs.or.th Thai […]
CHIANG RAI, 6 April 2016 (NNT) – Related officials in Chiang Rai province have been able to extinguish wildfires that occurred in Doi Pui Forest while estimating the total area affected at over 500 rai. Officials from the Protected Areas Regional Office 15 and firefighters were sent to Doi Pui Forest following reports of wildfires. […]
PHUKET: Firefighters at Thai Mueang in Phang Nga province, north of Phuket, are on alert after a wildfire raged for two days before being brought under control as it came within 800 metres of a village. Disaster officials became aware of the fire on Saturday, Orathai Giasakul, Chief Executive of the Thai Mueang Municipality, told […]
A massive fire has ripped through at least two residential buildings in the Swan area of the Persian Gulf city of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. According to local media, citing emergency services, the fire has been brought “under control.” Social media users posted images and footage of the fire late Monday showing bright […]
At 8:30 am on Saturday 26th of March flames and clouds of smoke were still seen pouring from the back storage area of the Family Mart located on Phettrakul Road. Miss Chonnapa an 18 year old employee of the store said, while working in the shop along with two other colleagues she noticed flames and […]
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department is making an all out effort to combat wildfires still burning in two areas of Kaeng Krachan National Park. Sakchai Jongkitwiwat, director of the Fire Control Office of the department, on Monday morning flew by helicopter to observe the fires in the Pa […]
An upgrade to fire prevention went horribly wrong at Siam Commercial Bank Sunday night, and eight people died when chemicals sucked oxygen from the building. Firemen responding to the alarm were delayed in breaking in while they conducted tests to try to find out if there was a fire but they detected no heat. Read […]
NAKHON NAYOK, 5 March 2016 (NNT) – The prolonged forest fires in Nakhon Nayok have prompted the Royal Thai Army to send more firefighters to the province. Col Sirichan Ngathong, deputy spokesperson of the Royal Thai Army, said the forest fire prevention center in Nakhon Nayok is working around the clock to extinguish forest fires […]
