Five killed, six injured in blast in Bangkok's Bangkhen district

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Five killed, six injured in blast

Photo : Nation Channel

BANGKOK: -- At least five people were killed and six others were injured in a blast on Wednesday at a recycling shop in Bang Khen district.

An explosion caused the fire, which engulfed the shop in Soi Lartplaklao on RamIntra Road. The premises were also inhabited.

A firefighter said the blast might have been caused by some old explosives sold to the shop. He quoted some witnesses as saying the shop owner had told his workers to cut up the explosive using electric tools.

The blast also damaged nearby houses and vehicles parked in front of the shop.

-- The Nation 2014-04-02

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[marko kok prong]

those big gas bottles do scare me.

[draftvader]

...and people whinge about safety regulations in the West!

[Pib]

He quoted some witnesses as saying the shop owner had told his workers to cut up the explosive using electric tools.

Please tell me there are not people in the world (i.e., the shop owner) really this stupid.

[draftvader]

He quoted some witnesses as saying the shop owner had told his workers to cut up the explosive using electric tools.

Please tell me there are not people in the world (i.e., the shop owner) really this stupid.

Yep, and they're out in public in every corner of the globe. Quite a lot of them run for office and hold down important jobs too!

[Lite Beer]

Six killed, 19 injured in blast in Bangkhen district


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BANGKOK: -- Six people were killed and 19 others injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a house in Lard Plaklao 72, Bangkhen district. The house is used as a recycle shop. A fire broke out after the blast and firefighters and firetrucks went there in an attempt to extinguish the fire


-- The Nation 2014-04-02

[metisdead]

An off topic nonsense post has been removed as well as the replies pointing out how off topic the post was.

[slapout]

Been around explosives both military grade and commercial grade for a good part of my adult working life. I kinow I am getting up in years, but I cannot remember any explosive ordinence that anyone would attack with a electric, or air driven cutting tool. I have seen the first stage of explosive disassembly by locals in the salvage business, hand tools, non sparking were on display, but I allowed I could contribute nor gain nothing by my presence so I made for a safer area about one kilometer away.

I am afraid to ask if the ''boss'' who made the suggestion for this deadly decision was in the list of those killed?

[transam]

Stupidity seems to rein here.............................. ......................

[bangkokheat]

He quoted some witnesses as saying the shop owner had told his workers to cut up the explosive using electric tools.

Please tell me there are not people in the world (i.e., the shop owner) really this stupid.

there is a saying "your not the sharpest tool in the shed" from what i have seen here there are many that never even made it to the shed

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Five die in old bomb explosion



BANGKOK: -- Five employees of a scrap shop and neighbors in Bang Khen died when a 200-kilo steel drum, suspected to be an old World War II bomb, exploded when a worker was trying to cut it with gas.

The incident happened shortly after noon on Soi Lard Prakao 72 in Bang Khen area.

Bang Khen station fire fighters said 12 persons were injured and were admitted to Bhumibol and Mayo hospitals.

Four died at the scene of explosion while another died at hospital.

About 50 houses in the vicinity were damaged by explosion.

Prior to the explosion, a witness told police that a man was seen bringing a metal drum to sell to the scrap shop. The workers of the shop then brought it to weigh. It weighted about 200 kilograms.

A few minutes later, a worker was seen to use gas to cut the drum by half.

The drum exploded.

The explosion caused a fire in the shop.

Several fire engine rushed to the area and put out the fire before spreading to adjacent buildings.

The explosion left a four meter wide and three meter deep crater in the shop.

The steel drum was suspected to be an old bomb during World War II and might be discovered by construction worker.

There was possibility that it also might be an old oil drum. However it was not powerful enough to make a big crater after explosion, a rescue worker said.

(photo : DIN SO SRI)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/five-die-old-bomb-explosion/


-- Thai PBS 2014-04-02

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WWII bomb blast in Thailand kills six, injures 18: officials

BANGKOK, April 2, 2014 (AFP) - At least six people died and 18 others were injured Wednesday when a suspected World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials said.

The shell was found at a construction site by builders who then sold it to a suburban scrap metal merchant believing the bomb had been defused.

"The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it causing the explosion," said local police commander Virasak Foythong, adding the ordnance was probably left over from the war era.

"Six are confirmed dead and 18 injured," the city's Erawan emergency centre said, adding five were killed at the scene.

Television footage showed debris and twisted metal at the destroyed workshop as thick smoke choked the sky, while local reports said dozens of nearby homes were also damaged by the blast.

The allies conducted bombing raids on the Thai capital in retaliation for the kingdom joining the Japanese war effort in Southeast Asia.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-04-02

[bkkjames]

The really scary thing is this could take place absolutely anywhere here at any time. Zoning, what is that he asks knowingly.

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Antique Shop's 'WWII Bomb' Explosion Kills 7
By Khaosod English

BANGKOK: -- A 230 kg explosive device went off inside an antique shop in Bangkok suburb after its staff reportedly attempted to dismantle it, killing at least 7 people.

Initially reported by a number of media as gas leak explosion, the blast nearly leveled the antique shop in Soi Lat Prakao 72 and damaged at least 20 houses in the vicinity. Large plume of smoke could be seen across the northern suburb of Bangkok.

Witnesses later told police that the explosion was in fact caused by a large "old-looking" explosive device, which was found by a group of construction workers in a construction site near the antique shop.

After unearthing the device, the workers reportedly took it to the antique shop where its staff purchased it at an unspecified price and proceeded to dismantle the bomb by gas-fueled cutters, hoping to sell the metal scraps to local vendors.

However, witnesses said, the spark caused the bomb to explode, killing and injuring many individuals.

According to Erawan Rescue Centre, 7 people have been killed and at least 40 people injured by the blast.

Initial reports by the police indicated that the 230 kg. bomb is likely dropped by the Allied force in an air raid on Bangkok during the Second World War, in which the Thai government sided with the Japanese Empire.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1396426656


-- Khaosod English 2014-04-02

[bigbamboo]

those big gas bottles do scare me.

So do Thai workers.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Maybe a new Hub in the making? Bangkok - Hub of bomb and grenade explosions!

[hyperdimension]

What did the drum look like?

If they knew that it was a bomb then they should have at least obtained advice from a bomb / explosive expert before doing anything to it, preferably someone from military bomb squad staff and not the UDD terrorists.

[londonthai]

defusing bomb doesn't make it save to cut with heat cutter. Just it can't explode with shaking etc, but the explosive is still there

Edited April 2, 2014 by londonthai

[farangman]

from where they got 2ww bomb in thailand?

Read the report...it says it all there

Sent from my i-mobile IQ5.1 Pro using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[Tatsujin]

What is illustrated here ( and daily on the roads ) is Darwinism and natural selection at work.

[worgeordie]

So it was not a dud,just waiting for some stupid person

to come along,just when you think you could not be

surprised at that happens here,you are,and tomorrow

it will be something else,it really is Amazing Thailand

regards Worgeordie

[MMarlow]

Stupidity seems to rein here.............................. ......................

It sure does..... but rest assured it's not only on Thai Visa.

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Stupidity seems to rein here.............................. ......................

It sure does..... but rest assured it's not only on Thai Visa.

I know, we have you here eh........... ..............

[Malone]

those big gas bottles do scare me.

World War 2 bombs even more.

[Guest]

Wiki about Bangkok bombing during WW II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Bangkok_in_World_War_II

[fstarbkk]

Cutting up explosives with powertools... There is a distinctly darwinian dimension to this story.

[sirchai]

War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok

Prior to the explosion, a witness told police that a man was seen bringing a metal drum to sell to the scrap shop. The workers of the shop then brought it to weigh. It weighted about 200 kilograms.

A few minutes later, a worker was seen to use gas to cut the drum by half.

The drum exploded.

There was possibility that it also might be an old oil drum. However it was not powerful enough to make a big crater after explosion, a rescue worker said.

Those bombs who make a big crater are usually dropped by an American aircraft. And the explosion creates such a "crater." ( I said)

Which sin't the same as cutting it open, I'd assume.( I think)

Hey you foreigners, are you talking to me? You play with fire, you get burned is a lesson for kids.

​Gives the warehouse the right name. Or maybe crap metal? Or death metal? Rest in peace, as we all know that any compensation won't be paid by.....

I'd know what sort of dangerous thing that was. But.....................

Please see the "specialists" in Munich....called a "successful detonation." The one in Bangkok was not successful at all.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/29/they-called-this-a-successful-detonation-550-pound-wwii-bomb-explodes-in-central-munich/

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/world-war-ii-bomb-damages-munich/story-fnd134gw-1226461206611

Glad that they don't have nuclear weapons.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_o65B1JTiw

Edited April 2, 2014 by sirchai

[Bpuumike]

He quoted some witnesses as saying the shop owner had told his workers to cut up the explosive using electric tools.

Please tell me there are not people in the world (i.e., the shop owner) really this stupid.

Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes another.

Hopefully he was on the premises to collect his Darwin award, but sympathies to the workers and their families.

[belg]

it would not come to a surprise that the man cutting the wires was smoking next to the gas tank

see it all the time at the gas station

safety anyone ?