Fire breaks out at plastic and chemical factory in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate - firefighting underway

Today (22 Sep 2014) at 11.40 a.m., we received a report from the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate Office that there was a fire inside Building 4 of Thai Plastic and Chemicals Co., Ltd., Map Ta Phut Subdistrict, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong Province. Officials mobilized fire engines to put out the fire. At 1:20 p.m., the Mab Ta Phut Industrial Estat

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Hundreds of thousands evacuated! Japan in dire straits, searching for 10 missing after heavy rain and floods

Today (September 22, 2024), the water in a canal in Anamizu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, flowed rapidly and was full of mud, as a result of heavy rain that caused flooding and landslides in central Japan. Local authorities in Ishikawa Prefecture said the disaster had killed at least one person and damaged 10 others, while leaving more than 6,

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The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has explained that the fire at a factory in Map Ta Phut Industrial

The fire occurred in the production process, which was initially found to be a leak of raw materials in the PVC production process. When the incident occurred, the company immediately disconnected the system to control the leak, and the company was able to control the fire within a limited area at 2:05 p.m., leaving only smoke. Initially, there wer

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