Samut Sakhon, The minute a paper factory in Samut Sakhon Province collapsed after a severe fire broke out. Still can’t control the fire. Expect to take 2-3 days.
The factory operates in the production of corrugated boxes and complete paper packaging, located in Ban Ko Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Sakhon Province. The fire started on a pile of compressed paper that was bundled together waiting for recycling, which was stored in the building. One-story steel structure, area 10 rai from a total of 30 rai.
Several officers deployed forces to spray water to extinguish the fire in all directions. Previously, the first backhoe that came to the site could not fight the flames. As for the long-necked backhoe of Samut Sakhon Provincial Administrative Organization Found an obstacle attached to the warehouse roof frame. Officials had to solve the problem by digging a well to draw water from another source to flow into the area closest to the scene of the incident. Then sucked water into more than 20 fire trucks
and sprayed it, taking several hours. From only the first pile burned In the end, the fire spread and burned the entire pile of paper. Finally, the building weakened and collapsed.
Second Lieutenant Praphan Tueksakul, District Chief of Samut Sakhon City The director led the troops to spray water to put out the fire today. He said that it took such a long time to control the fire because the area in the building was not where equipment could easily be brought in to extinguish it. So they could only spray water to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings nearby.
Source: Thai News Agency