Fire breaks out at Koh Tao garbage dump

[webfact]

Fire breaks out at Koh Tao garbage dump

By The Nation

 

 

A fire broke out at a 40,000-tonne garbage dump in Tambon Koh Tao of Surat Thani’s Koh Pha-ngan district on Wednesday morning, the tambon’s kamnan, Kobchai Saowalak, said.

It was suspected that the large blaze began after some people set fire to car tyres near the garbage piles, which had been lying there for a week pending transport to the mainland.

 

The fire sent thick smoke that could been seen from far.

 

As of production time, officials were still trying to control the blaze amid concerns that it might affect tourism on Koh Tao.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327829

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-27

[les Dennis]

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

As of production time, officials were still trying to control the blaze amid concerns that it might affect tourism on Koh Tao.

 

Bit late for that

 

[Just1Voice]

If they aren't careful, something like that could smolder and burn for MONTHS. 

 

[canuckamuck]

3 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

If they aren't careful, something like that could smolder and burn for MONTHS. 

 

There might be enough corpses in there to keep the fire from getting out of hand.

[Rimbuman]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

There might be enough corpses in there to keep the fire from getting out of hand.

Some more evidence up in smoke.

 

[saminoz]

Should let it burn and raze the entire island.

[peperobi]

Good solution...

[tompelli]

Wouldn't the 40,000 ton garbage dump not affect tourism?

[saminoz]

8 minutes ago, tompelli said:

Wouldn't the 40,000 ton garbage dump not affect tourism?

Well, thus far, the garbage mafia people running the island and the garbage business owners supporting them seem to have been trying very hard for it not to.  After all, what's a little garbage compared to shielding a bunch of self-serving serial rapists and murderers?

[sweatalot]

Koh Tao in the headlines again.

For all the wrong reasons as usual

[BEVUP]

Amazing Thailand again, been all over the news for weeks then suddenly they discover they someone set it on fire

I thought they had an incinerator ? Guess this proves that it was a waste of money 

[KIWIBATCH]

40,000 tonnes of garbage on Kao Tao....250,000 tonnes on Koh Samui....Koh Larn has a massive problem with a garbage mountain...Pattaya spewing raw sewerage and wastewater directly into the sea...Phuket does the same........and others....and nothing is done about it....the word will get out to the worlds tourists...if it hasnt already...

Thailand...wake up!!!

[wotsdermatter]

8 hours ago, BEVUP said:

Amazing Thailand again, been all over the news for weeks then suddenly they discover they someone set it on fire

I thought they had an incinerator ? Guess this proves that it was a waste of money 

Please.  Of course they have an incinerator.  It is the person who set the garbage dump on fire.

[JLCrab]

And pretty soon -- just like with the bunch-of-rapists-&-serial-murderers -- everyone will know who did it.

[sn1per]

On 27/09/2017 at 2:43 PM, webfact said:

officials were still trying to control the blaze amid concerns that it might affect tourism on Koh Tao.