CHON BURI, Feb 2 — Thai authorities are quickly investigating the cause of the fire at a tyre warehouse in the Hemaraj Industrial Estate here where damage is estimated at more than Bt100 million.
The blaze broke out at the LLIT (Thailand) Co, Ltd warehouse inside the Hamaraj Industrial Estate in Si Racha district last night, and while firefighters brought the blaze under control after hours of effort, smoke could still be seen billowing from the burnt out remains, prompting firefighters to continue dousing the rubble to keep the fire from reigniting.
Primary inspection revealed that six warehouses and more than 100,000 tires were destroyed.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, and awaiting further examination by specialists from Chon Buri's Police Forensics Science Centre 2.
Damage is estimated to be at least Bt100 million. The authorities several persons who had inhaled smoke were sent to hospital without serious symptoms. (MCOT online news)
