Oil tanker explodes during maintenance - dozens wounded and several still missing in incident in central Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 17 (dpa): One person was confirmed dead and eight people have been reported missing after an oil tanker exploded in central Thailand on Tuesday.

The accident happened during maintenance work while the ship was docked in the province of Samut Songkhram, the fire brigade said on Twitter.

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