Huge fire at a chemical storage tank in Thailand kills one and injures four people

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a gas storage tank at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port in Rayong province, eastern Thailand, on May 9, 2024. One person has died in a massive blaze on an industrial park housing a gas storage facility in eastern Thailand with hundreds ordered to evacuate, officials said on May 9, 2024. - AFP

BANGKOK (AP): At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a chemical storage tank in an Eastern Thailand industrial park on Thursday evening.

The fire in Mab Ta Phut Industrial Estate, which was first reported in the morning, was contained more than six hours later. Fire workers estimated it might take more than 10 hours to be able to fully extinguish the flames, according to the Rayong province’s public relations department.