A palm oil manufacturing facility in Patthalung was engulfed in flames, resulting in losses exceeding 3 million baht. The blaze required help from several water vans to convey it underneath control.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Paradanan Meeboon, the responsibility inspector of Patthalung’s City Police Station, acquired a report of a fireplace at the palm oil manufacturing unit alongside the Patthalung-Hat Yai Road within the Tha Khae district. Ensured rushed to the palm oil manufacturing unit fire scene together with Wisut Thammapetch, the provincial administrative organization’s president, and Oranong Songsomphan, the district chief officer.
Four fire engines from the provincial administrative organization and municipal authorities were mobilised to the scene. The hearth was raging within the palm oil manufacturing facility and thick black smoke might be seen from a distance. The firefighters shortly began to douse the flames and after roughly half an hour, the fireplace was underneath control.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that the palm oil manufacturing facility fire had began on the oil press where staff were boiling uncooked palm oil in a 10-tonne tank utilizing firewood for warmth. However, because of excessive oil acidity, the oil overflowed from the heated tank and fell into the fire, causing the flames to unfold all through the tank and resulting in billowing black smoke.
From interviews, 42 years outdated Amphon Nuthim, the supervisor, and Somsak Jitrak, the supervisor, supplied constant info that the fireplace was attributable to the overflow of acidic raw palm oil when heated. Initial estimates suggest that the injury is not lower than 3 million baht, reported Sanook.
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