Bung Fai rocket with 120kg of gunpowder slams into crowd at Thai festival


BANGKOK: Thirty-eight people were injured when a homemade rocket went astray and ploughed into spectators during the annual Bun Bang Fai festival in Roi Et on Sunday (June 16).

The Bang Fai rocket exploded among the crowd at Wat Ban Srangbu in Tambon Phosi Sawang, Phothong district at 4.40pm.

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