Five workers were seriously injured in an explosion at a cooking gas tank filling factory in Bang Sao Thong district of Thailand’s Samut Prakan province last night (Monday).

 

According to reports from firefighters, who were the first to arrive, a group of workers were transferring the liquefied petroleum gas from a large tank into cylinders immediately before the explosion.

 

It is thought that gas might have leaked out during the filling process and a spark triggered the explosion.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/five-seriously-injured-in-blast-at-cooking-gas-filling-factory/

 

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21 hours ago, webfact said:

It is thought that gas might have leaked out during the filling process and a spark triggered the explosion.

I'd say that was a safe bet.

A couple of years ago I was getting a gas bottle filled at a shop in Phra Khanong.  The guy who started filling the bottle had a cigarette dangling from his mouth.  I couldn't believe it.  I got very far away very quickly.

Bone deep stupidity.

I wonder how many times some guys last words were: "Got a light?"