Dock workers missing in Thailand oil tanker explosion

作者: The AsiaN Editor on 16 January , 2023.
类别: All
标签: Explosion, tanker, Thailand

A handout photo made available by the Eastern Fire Volunteer Club shows an oil tanker burning after an explosion at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Samut Songkram province, Thailand, 17 January 2023. EFE-EPA/EASTERN FIRE VOLUNTEER CLUB / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

The oil tanker burning after an explosion at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Samut Songkram province, Thailand (EASTERN FIRE VOLUNTEER CLUB )

BANGKOK: Eight workers were missing and several houses were damaged after an empty oil tanker caught fire and exploded at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district in central Thailand on Tuesday morning.

The explosion aboard the tanker Smooth Sea 22 was reported to police about 9.17am, local daily The Bangkok Post reported.

The tanker, with a capacity of 6,500 deadweight tons, was undergoing regular maintenance at Ruammitr Dockyard in tambon Laem Yai. Its tanks were empty.

The explosion was heard and felt over a radius of several kilometers. Glass windowpanes in houses were shattered.

The Marine Department said that the fire on the vessel had been brought under control. Eight dockyard workers were missing

The department was investigating the cause of the fire.