Huge Rayong blaze tamed after Thai Navy deploys drone, warship

BANGKOK: A deadly blaze at Rayong’s Map Ta Phut Industrial Port that killed one person and sparked an evacuation was extinguished with help from the Thai Navy at around 4pm on Thursday (May 9), according to officials.

The fire erupted when an 18-metre-tall fuel storage tank belonging to Map Ta Phut Tank Terminal Co exploded at around 10.40am on Thursday.

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