Fire at a shoe factory in Bang Phli area collapsed structure At least 2 people were injured.

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Factory fire started at 5:30 p.m.

5 hours ago

A large fire broke out at a shoe factory in Bang Phli. From the evening of Tuesday (November 15) until the middle of the night Two injuries were reported.

November 15 at 5:30 p.m. Facebook page FM91 reported a fire in the Bangna-Trad shoe factory in the area of ​​km 16, although the firefighters tried to spray water to control the fire for several hours. But still can’t extinguish the fire

Officials of the Ruamkatanyu Foundation Code Nakhon 45 stated that the staff used water continuously. But the building still burned. The factory wall on the east side was destroyed. Due to the raging fire and the heat “more than 1,000 degrees”

Thai PBS news station reported that Authorities mobilized more than 20 fire engines to put out the blaze.

The building where the accident occurred was a 5-storey shoe factory, the ground floor was a shoe showroom. The upper floor is a shoe stock. Two factory workers were reported injured.

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Fire at a shoe factory on Bangna-Trad Road

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The authorities also used foam to control the fire.

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The fire raged for hours.

Panumas Sanguanwong, BBC Thai special correspondent reports from the area that “The staff sprayed water outside the building. because the fire is still raging hard.”

“Steel roof structure As seen from the outside, it had completely collapsed. Officials probably assessed that it was dangerous, so I hadn’t entered yet. Spray the vitreous outside, “said the BBC Thai correspondent.

“Viewed from the expressway All steel roof structures collapsed. The wall was partially broken,” added by BBC Thai correspondents. It was the intention of the officials to compress water to cause the wall to collapse. will inject water to control inside the factory

Fresh news and online manager reports that this plant It is a shoe factory under the brand Aerosoft, located along Bangna-Trad Road, outbound, km. 16, Bang Chalong Sub-district, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province.

The fire resulted in traffic jams that stretched for several kilometers. The cause of the fire is still unclear.

Phanumat also reported that at 11:00 p.m. the fire began to decrease. There was still some light in the building. and does not spread to houses that are dormitories and a gas station not far away while the fire and smoke had diminished. Outside, the fire began to calm. But inside, he still saw a fierce fire. Officers have not yet gone inside. because there is a risk of building parts and structures collapsing

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Even outside the fire began to calm. But inside the fire still raged violently.