Many injuries and people trapped after explosion rocks plastics factory in Samut Prakan

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Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported there was widespread damage and many injuries after an explosion at a plastics factory producing foam pellets in Bang Plee, Samut Prakan east of Bangkok. 

 

The explosion happened some time after 3 am this morning at the Minty Chemical company in Soi King Kaew 21 in Bang Plee Yai. 

 

Damage to the factory area and nearby was reported as firefighters fought the resulting blaze and Ruam Katanyu rescue foundation ferried the injured to hospital. 

 

Sanook reported that the situation was ongoing (around 5.38 am) and that some people may be trapped. 

 

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[Bangkokhatter]

This factory is around 500 metres behind our home.

 

Was a massive bang around 3.30 this morning and ended up with a fair bit of damage to ceilings, doors and windows, many of the houses in the Moobahn suffered the same.

 

Was eventually told to evacuate around 8.00 am this morning as they fear more explosions.

 

 

[tomazbodner]

This is the second plastics company to go up with a bang in 2 months... last one was near Don Mueang airport...

[Tropicalevo]

28 minutes ago, Bangkokhatter said:

This factory is around 500 metres behind our home.

 

Was a massive bang around 3.30 this morning and ended up with a fair bit of damage to ceilings, doors and windows, many of the houses in the Moobahn suffered the same.

 

Was eventually told to evacuate around 8.00 am this morning as they fear more explosions.

 

 

Good luck and stay safe.

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[chalawaan]

Dreadful.

But yet again, life, and tragic mass death goes on -even during pandemics, and this is another reason why closing things down stops us from suffereing even worse outcomes than we have.

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[NCC1701A]

ASQ hotels within the 5 km evac zone. 

[sammieuk1]

Plastic or plastic explosive factory mass fatalities look inevitable 

[ChipButty]

Was that Bangkok or Baghdad? 

[mtls2005]

Wow. Live TV now, the funnel of black smoke is MASSIVE.

 

On TV they said it was one 2,000 liter tank that blew. There is another one tank, with 20,000 liters (10x) nearby. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 5, 2021 by mtls2005

[Kwaibill]

Wow. My wife is away, so some neigbors kindly took me under their wing to evacuate to the Novotel at Suvarbanumi.

We are "camping" in the lobby, awaiting word.

Lots of sirens and flashing lights along the way.

The hotel has been great. They moved us to a conference room with comfy chairs, etc.

Edited July 5, 2021 by Kwaibill
More info.

[mtls2005]

They're trying to evacuate a 5 Km radius from the Ming Dih factory, that's a lot of people.

 

 

[Bangkokhatter]

23 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

Wow. My wife is away, so some neigbors kindly took me under their wing to evacuate to the Novotel at Suvarbanumi.

We are "camping" in the lobby, awaiting word.

Lots of sirens and flashing lights along the way.

The hotel has been great. They moved us to a conference room with comfy chairs, etc.

Good to hear you are safe, do you know if the hotel is accepting bookings ?

[RichardColeman]

Oh well, there goes Thailand's pollution emissions targets for the year

[mtls2005]

I think firefighters have been ordered to pull back; the fire remains uncontrolled and they're afraid of another, potentially larger explosion.

 

 

 

 

[mackayae]

My condo is at Seacon square. I'm away at the moment, but my daughters are there. Have not been able to reach them.

[markeewan]

13 minutes ago, mackayae said:

My condo is at Seacon square. I'm away at the moment, but my daughters are there. Have not been able to reach them.

Seacon is a long way off from this site.

[mtls2005]

20 minutes ago, mackayae said:

My condo is at Seacon square. I'm away at the moment, but my daughters are there. Have not been able to reach them.

 

 

MEA said they're cutting electricity, presumably in the area of the blast?

 

Mobile phone service is overloaded.

 

They should probably evacuate, but the roads may be jammed.

Edited July 5, 2021 by mtls2005

[mtls2005]

5 minutes ago, markeewan said:

Seacon is a long way off from this site.

 

Yeah, ~ 8 Km, west, well outside the 5 Km evacuation circle.

 

 

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Was that Bangkok or Baghdad? 

Fortunately not Beirut!

Packed evacuation route:

 

[KhunBENQ]

Suvarnabhumi terminal was shaken and alarm went off.

Evacuation not a big deal at 3:xx in the night.

Now in operation. Thanks that there is very little airtraffic at these times.

Trail of smoke visible at Pattaya horizon.

Edited July 5, 2021 by KhunBENQ

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[markeewan]

My wife is leaving the area now, but the traffic is very heavy leaving the area and now stuck in traffic She was located about 2-3km from the explosion site so had to move out, luckily the smoke is blowing the other way.

[Kwaibill]

1 hour ago, Bangkokhatter said:

Good to hear you are safe, do you know if the hotel is accepting bookings ?

I don't know, but will ask.

They seem quiet, so probably have rooms.

There has not been a lot of airport business for some time.

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

On TV they said it was one 2,000 liter tank that blew. There is another one tank, with 20,000 liters (10x) nearby. 

I hate to correct you, but article in Bangkok Biznews says 2000 tons (2,000 ตัน, would be 2 million liters in >water<, 2000 cubic meters).

Sounds more plausible, 2000 liter is just a traffic crash with a small tanker. Would not make such a blast.

(I have a 2000 liter water tank in the backyard)

Edited July 5, 2021 by KhunBENQ

[Kwaibill]

8 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

I hate to correct you, but article in Bangkok Biznews says 2000 tons (2,000 ตัน, would be 2 million liters in >water<, 2000 cubic meters).

Sounds more plausible, 2000 liter is just a traffic crash with a small tanker. Would not make such a blast.

(I have a 2000 liter water tank in the backyard)

Yes, my neighbors said the same, that it was 2,000 tons.

[mackayae]

Any google maps location on this location.

[KhunBENQ]

The news about the size of the tank are conflicting, Thai journalism and numbers/units in a fight as usual.

 

[mtls2005]

14 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

I hate to correct you, but article in Bangkok Biznews says 2000 tons

 

No problem, I was translating a live tv broadcast, poorly evidently.