Explosion at laundry shop injures several people

By Thai PBS

 

 

An explosion  at a laundry business at a housing estate in Nonthaburi province late Monday morning injured several people.

 

The laundry business is on a five-story townhouse at the Songtham housing estate off Soi Chaengwattana-Pakkred 32.

 

The explosion caused damages to the first, second, and third floors of the townhouse with steel window and door frames, broken glass windows being strewn on the road.

 

Full story:  http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/explosion-laundry-shop-injures-several-people/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-10-09

Seven injured in cloth dryer machine explosion in Nonthaburi

By The Nation

 

 

Seven people were injured when a clothes dryer at a laundry in Nonthaburi exploded on Monday.

Police said the explosion at the La-ong Fong laundry in Pong Tham Niwet on Soi Chaeg Wattana-Pakkred 32 in Tambon Talad in Nonthaburi’s Pakkret district happened at 10.30am.

 

The explosion badly damaged the front of the shop and officials yesterday were trying to determine the cause of the explosion.

 

Five people were rushed to the Irrigation Department Hospital and two others to Mongkut Chaeng Wattana Hospital. Police said two of the injured were children.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30328835

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-09

What could be going on in the laundry to cause an explosion? Could this have been a meth lab?

1 minute ago, hstew said:

What could be going on in the laundry to cause an explosion? Could this have been a meth lab?

If it is, it's not a normal meth lab. You want stability when you're mixing toxic chemicals. A dryer would put a twist on that objective.

Maybe the cause was the same as this Phoenix laundromat explosion back in March of this year.

"...reports indicate a gas leak occurred behind the dryers. A spark from the dryers being turned on caused the building to explode which, in turn, created a fire..."

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/west-phoenix/phoenix-fire-gas-explosion-at-laundromat-throws-2-people-into-parking-lot

4 hours ago, hstew said:

What could be going on in the laundry to cause an explosion? Could this have been a meth lab?

Why, does meth manufacture involve explosives?  Why suggest the laundry was in the drug business?

Meth manufacture requires flammable solvents which can catch fire.

In a laboratory, chemical reactions are usually carried out in a fume cupboard which has an extractor fan to safely remove harmful solvents. In a back street lab, luxuries such as an expensive fume cupboard are likely to be absent.

Having said that, there's no evidence yet of what actually caused the blast.

Looks almost certainly to be a gas explosion. Could be LPG that is used to heat up the air for tumble driers and also water for washing.

So called 'dry cleaning' uses non-flammable chemical solvents to tumble garments and remove stains and dirt after which they are ventilated to drive off solvent fumes and dry the garments.

 

It is not unknown in some countries for flammable solvents to be deliberately or accidentally substituted creating a potentaiil explosive atmosphere.

 

Of course, it couldn't happen in Thailand due to stringent safety measures and enforcement of regulations......