BANGKOK – Twelve
people were killed and more than 100 injured when firecrackers kept in a
warehouse exploded in southern Thailand, an official said on Sunday.
The
firecrackers set off a fire on Saturday at the unauthorised warehouse at the
Muno market in Su-ngai Kolok district in the southern province of Narathiwat
bordering Malaysia, Narathiwat’s Governor Sanan Phongaksorn said.
“There
are 10 deaths plus the remains of two unidentified persons, which were sent for
DNA checks,” Sanan said.
He said 121
people were injured, two severely, while 111 had been discharged from hospital,
he said. “But there should be no more deaths.”
More than
200 houses surrounding the warehouse were damaged by the explosion, affecting
365 people. Some 19 people were still staying at a shelter as several families
have moved to their relatives’ houses, Sanan said.
Police were
investigating the cause of the incident, he said, with initial reports
suggesting a welding error at the warehouse.
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