Massive fire at Koh Samui incinerator – VIDEO

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Massive fire at Koh Samui incinerator – VIDEO

By The Thaiger

PHOTOS/VIDEO: The Government Public Relation Department Region 5

 

 

An incinerator caught fire on Koh Samui, off the coast of Surat Thani last night.

 

“That’s what incinerators are meant to do,” we hear you cry. But this one was totally out of control destroying the entire structure.

 

The Government Public Relation Department Region 5 reports that the fire started at the incinerator at 6pm last night. The fire spread across the facility, an area of 50 x 100 metres.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/samui/massive-fire-at-koh-samui-incinerator-video

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-04-23

[PoorSucker]

Well it was an empty building. 

Anything worth selling for scrap vanished 15 years ago. 

[off road pat]

Is it insured ??? it costed millions and never worked .... !!! very convenient  if the insurance will pay for a new one !!!

[PETERTHEEATER]

Mmm.....someone will be arsoning some difficult questions.....

[pieeyed]

Good thing the stockpiled rubbish did not burn.

 

[Dionigi]

Headline of the year. Duh. Fire in incinerator.

[55Jay]

The sun strikes again!  ????

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1096573-suv-catches-fire-sitting-in-trang’s-hot-sun/

 

 

[toofarnorth]

12 minutes ago, Dionigi said:

Headline of the year. Duh. Fire in incinerator.

Just what I thought . Bit like  ' Shell found on beach '.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Well it was an empty building. 

Anything worth selling for scrap vanished 15 years ago. 

Maybe now with the rest of the old structure gone the government will dip into it's pockets and build a nice new shiny modern incinerator.... sometime soon one hopes!

[PumpkinEater]

HeeHee'

This Country LOVES smoke!!!!

[johng]

HeeHee'
This Country LOVES smoke!!!!

Hee hee.. I was listening to Michael Jackson while reading.

[Searat7]

I thought the incinerator there was (nearly) inoperative leading to large mounds of trash nearby.  If so it’s time for the government to act.

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, Searat7 said:

I thought the incinerator there was (nearly) inoperative leading to large mounds of trash nearby.  If so it’s time for the government to act.

They've been acting about this for years. It's otherwise known as a farce.

[wilcopops]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe now with the rest of the old structure gone the government will dip into it's pockets and build a nice new shiny modern incinerator.... sometime soon one hopes!

Any incinerator will not solve the problem as they also produce a lot of pollution.

the incinerator there has been inoperative for 7 years or so........I guess it doesn't matter if it's burnt down.

 

Of more concern would be anyone down wind of that fire and the fumes could be deadly.     

There is also the problem of anything like asbestos fallout or any other haz-chems that have been left there.

On top of that there is all the stuff that is washed into the ground and drains by the firefighting equipment.

This will of course not be fully addressed.

[wilcopops]

3 hours ago, Dionigi said:

Headline of the year. Duh. Fire in incinerator.

incinerator has been inoperative for 7 years or so.

[Carlos Primeros]

Well actually it was not the incinerator which was on fire. The incinerator building is a small distance away from the burning hall and looks still white and clean on a picture I have seen, which was taken from  a bit further away.

 

It seems that the burning hall was used to pack the garbage into big white bags to be shipped to the mainland. There is a big machine which they apparently use for the packing of the bags. And, of course, alot of garbage was buring too...

[Carlos Primeros]

Well actually it was not the incinerator which was on fire. The incinerator building is a small distance away from the burning hall and looks still white and clean on a picture I have seen, which was taken from  a bit further away.

 

It seems that the burning hall was used to pack the garbage into big white bags to be shipped to the mainland. There is a big machine which they apparently use for the packing of the bags. And, of course, alot of garbage was buring too...

[tifino]

 

It shows how easy it is to convert an Incinerator into a Smelter, with no effort at all!!

[watcharacters]

8 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Well it was an empty building. 

Anything worth selling for scrap vanished 15 years ago. 

 

Probably better to have been recycled.

 

Thailand has enough bad air as it is without more from a large fire.

 

 

[wilcopops]

7 hours ago, Carlos Primeros said:

Well actually it was not the incinerator which was on fire. The incinerator building is a small distance away from the burning hall and looks still white and clean on a picture I have seen, which was taken from  a bit further away.

 

It seems that the burning hall was used to pack the garbage into big white bags to be shipped to the mainland. There is a big machine which they apparently use for the packing of the bags. And, of course, alot of garbage was buring too...

I notice a lot of stuff has been bagged already, but no sign of it being moved off the island.

I suppose now the bagging will have to stop? 

 

 

Its difficult to see exactly what's going on as they have covered the area with sheeting.....you really couldn't get closer to the proverbial "sweeping it under the carpet"!

 

The thing is he dump is not static, so long as it is there inits current state, it poses a threat to the island....fires, seepage, water pollution, soil pollution are not contained to the one spot this could affect the island for years to come.

 

BTW The road next to the dump seems to have been used for overflow dumping, it is just a canyon of rubbish running up the side of the site.

 

 

[Lenny Jones]

14 hours ago, wilcopops said:

Any incinerator will not solve the problem as they also produce a lot of pollution.

the incinerator there has been inoperative for 7 years or so........I guess it doesn't matter if it's burnt down.

 

Of more concern would be anyone down wind of that fire and the fumes could be deadly.     

There is also the problem of anything like asbestos fallout or any other haz-chems that have been left there.

On top of that there is all the stuff that is washed into the ground and drains by the firefighting equipment.

This will of course not be fully addressed.

What has been washed into the water table is NOTHING to the years of rainfall leaching pollutants into the soil and watercourses.  It will take decades after the whole thing has gone to deem any water in that area safe.

[Lenny Jones]

18 hours ago, off road pat said:

Is it insured ??? it costed millions and never worked .... !!! very convenient  if the insurance will pay for a new one !!!

The financial basis around this is a mystery.  Firstly - the Government monies allocated to Koh Samui are based on population.  That does not include the transient tourist population - residents only so the amount of allocated money, in reality, is very disproportional.  Secondly - in line with the national trend involving corruption, I see no reason to believe this region would be unique - - - - Just sayin'

There have been proposals to build new facilities which included very good viable methods based on European systems which are actually profitable processes, producing usable energy in the destruction of the rubbish but these have been given the "Not Thai go away" treatment

 

[wilcopops]

1 hour ago, Lenny Jones said:

What has been washed into the water table is NOTHING to the years of rainfall leaching pollutants into the soil and watercourses.  It will take decades after the whole thing has gone to deem any water in that area safe.

the tip has been there unplanned for over 7 years - this means the site wasn't prepared for ny particular type of waste - e.g. industrial, restaurant hotel or domestic........that means it has probably been seeping into the water table for 7 years. Once in the ground it enters the water table which in turn pollutes wells etc and then seeps on into the sea, polluting reefs and fisheries.

Without doubt their is drainage from agriculture on top of this and hotels etc have been known to dump raw sewerage into the sea.........this includes cleaning chemicals etc.

 

A lot of this has occurred because there has never been an effective or comprehensive system on Samui for dealing with the enormous amount of waste generated by tourism and its supporting industries.

[ratcatcher]

Golden beaches, nubile women, lush forests, fluttering palm trees, Koh Samokie, your own corner of Paradise nearly lost.

[Momofarang]

Wonder whether rich Thai families will make donation to rebuild this monument.

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Momofarang said:

Wonder whether rich Thai families will make donation to rebuild this monument.

Probably rich mainlanders, in order to keep the rubbish on the island?

[wilcopops]

41 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Probably rich mainlanders, in order to keep the rubbish on the island?

It is already being bagged for shipment.

[Scott]

Troll post removed.

 

[wotsdermatter]

Would the song, "On Top of Old Smokie" apply here.  Joking apart, at least they have finally succeeded in getting rid of some of the garbage they have for some unknown reason been saving.

'nuf sed.

[wilcopops]

7 hours ago, wotsdermatter said:

Would the song, "On Top of Old Smokie" apply here.  Joking apart, at least they have finally succeeded in getting rid of some of the garbage they have for some unknown reason been savin

'nuf sed.

But the waste, pollution and damage caused by putting out the fire may actually exceed any benefits of indiscriminately burning the garbage.