Oil spill at Bangkok intersection after tanker overturns
A MIDNIGHT last night (May 24) a 16,000-litre oil tanker overturned in the middle of Suk Sawat intersection in Rat Burana district spilling a large amount of oil which led to the traffic being rerouted and some people living nearby evacuated, Amarin TV said. At 00.01 a.m. Rat Burana police station was alerted of […]
Read MoreRush to tow oil tanker grounded at Koh Mai Si Lek
RESCUERS are rushing to tow an oil tanker than ran aground at Koh Mai Si Lek, near Koh Kood off Trat, after being slammed by strong waves and currents to prevent it from sinking and spilling oil into the sea, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 17). At 6 a.m. Marine and Coastal Resources Department […]
Read MoreOil tanker fire controlled but death toll rises to two
THE HUGE fire raging at an oil tanker docked in Samut Songkhram for repairs since 9 a.m. this morning (Jan. 17) was brought under control at around 3 p.m., INN News said. However the death toll rose to two after another victim’s body was spotted at the bottom of the oil tanker, Smooth Sea […]
Read MoreOil tanker blaze still raging after three hours
A FIRE that spread across an oil tanker carrying 20,000 litres of fuel oil and diesel and docked at Samut Songkhram province for repairs was still raging three hours after an explosion triggered it this morning (Jan. 17) with one person dead and five injured, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said. At 9.30 a.m. […]
Read MoreMalaysian oil tanker rescues two Thai navy sailors
AN OIL TANKER sailing under the flag of Malaysia rescued two Thai navy sailors floating in the sea after HTMS 442 Sukhothai sank on Sunday night (Dec. 18) with a patrol boat having already picked them up, INN News said this afternoon (Dec. 20). At noon today the First Naval Area Command sent patrol boat […]
Read MoreFuel tanker flips, bursts into flames in Lamphun
A SECOND fuel tanker was involved in an accident just three days after the horrific crash in Buriram province with this one being a semi-trailer tanker that flipped over and burst into flames in Lamphun province killing one person, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 reported today (Nov. 1, 2020). The accident occurred at […]
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