2011
Tambon Ban Koh of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district. A
powerful blast destroyed a house that was being used as an illegal firecracker
factory on the outskirts of Ayutthaya city, leaving three people (38, 40, 40)
dead and two others injured, one of them seriously. The explosion caused a fire
that burned down the house and two nearby wooden houses in the area. The
explosion occurred when workers were transferring firecrackers from the house to
a pickup truck. 13.1.2011
Source:
"3 die, 2 injured in firecracker 'factory' blast",
14.1.2011, http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/216302/3-die-2-injured-in-firecracker-factory-blast
"Firecracker blast kills
three in Thailand", 12.1.2011, http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1611386.php/Firecracker-blast-kills-three-in-Thailand
2010
On
a highway 25 miles north of central Bangkok. The red shirts hurled stones, shot
metal balls from sling-shots and launched fireworks at the cordon of 450
soldiers. 28.4.2010
Source:
"Thai troops struggle to contain Bangkok protests", 29.4.2010, http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=494340
or http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE63S00K20100429?type=marketsNews
Nerplabwan
Muslim Village, Soi Nerplunwan, Nongprue, Banglamung. Four
people (35, 12, 9, 40) were injured when a man making fireworks, mistakenly used
a stick of dynamite which completely demolished his single storey house.
6.6.2010
Source:
"Dynamite used in firework causes explosion in Pattaya", 6.6.2010, http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2010/06/06/dynamite-used-in-firework-causes-explosion-in-pattaya/
Rayong province. A television actor was killed by
fireworks during the New Year countdown. - Somjet Sa-ard, a 41-year-old
supporting actor, was trying to extinguish the fuse of fireworks he had brought
to the countdown party at Wassana Fishing Park restaurant in Klaeng district.
The firecracker exploded as he bent his body over it. He was killed instantly.
Mr Somjet and a group of musicians had been hired to perform at the restaurant.
He had placed two fireworks beside a stage in preparation for the New Year
countdown, but one of them was ignited too early, prompting Mr Somjet to attempt
to extinguish. 31.12.2010
Source:
"Actor dies in blast", 2.1.2011, http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/214084/actor-dies-in-blast
2009
Bangkok. In the first half hour of the New Year, a fire
raced through the two-storey Santika nightclub in the entertainment district Ekkamai, killing at least 61 people and injuring more than
200. (The Phranakorn Centre, an official agency dealing with accidents in
Bangkok, said at least 61 people died and that 35 foreigners were among the
injured. - The Narenthorn Emergency Centre, which was co-ordinating relief
efforts, said more than 200 had been injured.)
More than 1000 people were allowed into the building,
which has a capacity for only 500 people.
Victims died from burns, smoke inhalation and injuries
during a stampede to escape from the club, which had only one door for the
public. Firefighters said a door at the rear was known only to the stuff.
Police believe the fire may have been caused by
firecrackers brought into the Santika Club by guests or by sparks flying from a
New Year's countdown display on the nightclub stage.
The Web site of The Nation newspaper quoted one
party-goer as saying the blaze was caused by fireworks that ignited the second
floor ceiling, which was made largely of sound-proofing material.
January 1, 2009, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva visited the site, expressing concern about the use of fireworks or
party sparklers inside. "The problem was that firecrackers were allowed to be
brought inside (the nightclub), that is the issue about which we have to be more
cautious and it has to be controlled more strictly," he told reporters.
The blaze had completely gutted the building. Rescue
teams used pick-up trucks to ferry the corpses from the scene. 1.1.2009
Source:
"Bangkok fire kills 58 New Year clubbers",
31.12.2008, http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BU49F20081231
"Police probe Thai club fire cause",
1.1.2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7806885.stm
"Dozens die in nightclub fire in Bangkok",
1.1.2009, http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/thailand/2009/01/01/190074/59-die.htm
"261 killed in Bangkok nightclub
fire", 2.1.2009, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jm_RH9waYID-4dYO9SiHSxjBE3hw
"New Year hope turns to horror as nightclub blaze death
toll hits 61", 2.1.2009, http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/New-Year-hope-turns-to.4837943.jp
"Survivors tell of stampede for exits",
2.1.2009, http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20090102-111776.html
"Death
trap Bangkok nightclub' only licensed to sell noodles and had ONE fire
extinguisher'", 2.1.2009, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1103761/Death-trap-Bangkok-nightclub-licensed-sell-noodles-ONE-extinguisher.html
"Investigators examine damage from Bangkok
nightclub blaze", 2.1.2009, http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2457907.htm
Bangkok. Bei einem Brand im zweistöckigen Santika-Nachtclub im Stadtteil
Ekkamai kamen mindestens 61
Menschen ums Leben. Ueber 220 Menschen wurden mit Rauchvergiftungen und teils
schweren Verbrennungen ins Spital eingeliefert.
Zum Zeitpunkt des Unglücks hielten sich nach Schätzungen von Ueberlebenden
etwa 1000 Gäste in dem engen Tanzlokal auf.
Ueberlebende des Infernos berichteten, der Brand sei während eines
Feuerwerks im zweiten Stock des Clubs ausgebrochen und schilderten, dass zuerst
die Decke des Nachtclubs Feuer gefangen hatte und dann eingestürzt war.
Nachdem das Feuer ausgebrochen war, kam es zu einer Massenpanik.
Die Opfer starben an Verbrennungen, Rauchvergiftungen oder an den
Verletzungen, die sie durch die Panik unter den Gästen erlitten hatten.
Nach den bisherigen Erkenntnissen der Polizei hat der Nachtclub nur einen
Eingang und keinen Notausgang. Ein Hinterausgang war nur dem Personal bekannt.
Die Ermittler gingen nach Angaben eines Sprechers davon aus, dass der Brand
kurz nach Mitternacht durch Feuerwerkskörper ausgelöst wurde – fraglich war
noch, ob es das Feuerwerk der Diskothek oder von Besuchern mitgebrachte Böller
waren.
Der Club brannte völlig aus. 1.1.2009
Quelle:
"Bei Nachtklub-Brand in Bangkok sterben 59 Menschen",31.12.2008,
http://www.bluewin.ch/de/index.php/26,112432/Bei_Nachtklub-Brand_in_Bangkok_sterben_59_Menschen/
"Fast 60 Tote bei Feuer in Disko in Thailand",
1.1.2009, http://www.azonline.ch/pages/index.cfm?dom=113&rub=100004702&arub=100211489&orub=100211474&osrub=100211489&Artikel_ID=102007402
"Berlin: Millionen Menschen feiern Silvester",
1.1.2009, http://www.sr-online.de/nachrichten/29/860315.html
"Mindestens 59 Tote bei Disko-Brand", 1.1.2009, http://www.swr.de/nachrichten/-/id=396/nid=396/did=4356184/1hwzwo/
"Fast 60 Tote bei Nachtclub-Brand in Bangkok",
1.1.2009 http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/367139
"61 Tote bei Brand-Unglück in Discothek in Bangkok",
2.1.2009, http://www.bietigheimerzeitung.de/bz1/news/blick_artikel.php?artikel=4063410
2Oesterreicher entkamen Brandkatastrophe in Bangkok2,
2.1.2009, http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/welt/441217/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/index.do
261 Tote bei Silvester-Party", 2.1.2009, http://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/thailand-61-tote-bei-silvester-party-_aid_359093.html
"Nachtclub-Brand. Offenbar auch Deutsche verletzt",
2.1.2009, http://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/nachtclub-brand-offenbar-auch-deutsche-verletzt_aid_359114.html
"Oesterreicher
entkamen aus brennendem Club", 3.1.2009, http://news.orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.orf.at%2Fticker%2F313227.html
2008
Roi
Et province/northeast Thailand. Five villagers were killed and 12 injured when a
home-made firework exploded during celebrations. The banger firework lit in the
rice field exploded on the ground instead of firing into the air. 17.10.2008
Source:
"Five
Thais killed in firework explosion", 18.10.2008, http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=36a04ae5-f4b6-406f-92b4-07e783b5ba07&MatchID1=4814&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=1&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1212&PrimaryID=4814&Headline=5+Thais+killed+in+firework+explosion
"Thaïlande:
cinq morts dans l'explosion de feux d'artifice", 18.10.2008, http://www.la-croix.com/afp.static/pages/081018070431.dhyulfjy.htm
Nakhon
Ratchasima. A monk suffered serious injuries to his torso, arms and legs in a
fireworks blast Non Sung district. The fireworks exploded in his room when the
monk cut open some fireworks he bought to see what was inside. The blast
destroyed his living quarters. 26.10.2008
Source:
"Curious monk injured as fireworks explode", 28.10.2008, http://www.bangkokpost.com/281008_News/28Oct2008_news10.php
Chiang
Mai. One person was killed in Mae Rim district and another in Mae Taeng district
when their home-made giant firecrackers exploded during the 4-day Loy Krathong
festival from November 10 to 13, 2008.
61
persons were injured in explosions of the firecrackers during the period.
Source:
"Two killed in giant firecrackers in Chiang Mai during Loy Krathong
festival", 14.11.2008, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30088462
DOH-Center
for Health Development in Western Visayas is aggressively campaigning this year
against the use of firecrackers to prevent the loss of lives and limbs of people
in the height of celebrating Christmas Day and New Year. The advisory against
the use of watusi and other firecrackers is contained in a Briefer on Fourmula
Kontra Paputok released by DOH 6 for holiday merrymakers to "stay alive and
complete for the coming year". According to the briefer, watusi poisoning
is a condition due to ingestion of watusi. Watusi is made up of extremely
poisonous and toxic chemicals. – DOH hopefully expects that by 2010, use of
firecrackers and pyrotechnics shall be totally eliminated.
Source:
"PIA
Press Release "DOH warns parents: Don't let your child play with watusi",
10.12.2008, http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p081210.htm&no=14
"DOH
lauds some Benguet towns for total ban on firecrackers use campaign",
10.12.2008, http://balita.ph/2008/12/10/doh-lauds-some-benguet-towns-for-total-ban-on-firecrackers-use-campaign/
Three
men on two motorcycles hurled noise bombs at the head office of Democrat Party.
Police said the bombs were apparently made of firecrackers and bolts stuffed
inside instant coffee cans. 1.12.2008
Source:
"Noise bombs hurled at Democrat head office", 30.11.2008, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30089844
2007
Medical
staff at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital admitted a man (58) from Norway after he
had sustained a serious injury to his left arm sustained during an accident with
a firework at the Jomtien Complex Condotel on Jomtien Beach Road and left him
with serious muscle damage. He was lighting a firework which failed to ignite;
it exploded when he tried to relight the firework. 1.1.2007
Source:
"Norwegian man seriously injured by a firework only 24 hours after he kills
Briton in road crash", 3.1.2007, http://www.pattayacitynews.net/news_03_01_50_3.htm
Thon
Buri. Police said the explosion, which damaged a garbage bin in a men's toilet
room of the Rajabhat Institute Ban Somdej, was believed to be caused by a giant
firecracker. 16.2.2007
Source:
"Small explosion occurs inside toilet room of Rajabhat Institute in Thon
Buri", 17.2.2007, http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30027059
Thailand.
Police was called to house number 20/21 in Pong sub-district in the early hours
after the house owner reported an attack on her house by a gang of men armed
with fire crackers. 1.5.2007
Source:
"Second fire cracker attack on the same house in less than a week",
1.5.2007, http://www.pattayacitynews.net/news_01_05_50_4.htm
Giant
firecrackers were thrown at Supreme Administrative Court president Ackaratorn
Chularat's residence in Chatuchak district's Soi Lat Phrao 25. They exploded
near a pavement leading to the house. The explosions left a 10cm-wide hole in
the ground on the front lawn, 20.10.2008
Source:
"Firecracker attack on judge's home", http://www.bangkokpost.com/221008_News/22Oct2008_news02.php
Thailand. Le gouverneur de Bangkok a conseillé d'éviter
l'usage de feux d'artifice et de pétards, interdisant certains modèles considérés
comme trop dangereux. Le Ministère de la Santé recense environ 400 personnes
chaque année sérieusement blessées à cause de pétardes ou de feux
d'artifice.
Source: "Le gouverneur de Bangkok appelle à la précaution
pour Loy Krathong", 20.11.2007, http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/21350/1013/
*Loy Krathong tombera cette année le 24 novembre.
Chiang Mai. A boy (12) made his own big firecracker. He lit it and it
exploded, blowing his right hand into pieces and
sustained a serious injury to his right eye and the right side of his body.
Doctors decided to cut off his right hand at the wrist. 24.11.2007
Source:
"Accidents spoil Loy Krathong
festivities. Young boy loses hand in Chiang Mai", 25.11.2007, http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Nov2007_news03.php
"12-year-old
boy loses hand in giant firecracker explosion", 25.11.2007, http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30057305
2006
Phetchaburi, Ban Laem community of Tambon
Ban Laem. A fireworks explosion at a home fireworks factory killed six people.
The house owner Somnuek Dangkong (55), his wife Lamoon Chotibutr (52), their
daughter Nanthida Dangkong (27) and her son Natthapol Ditprasert(8) died on the
spot. Two of Somnuek's grandchildren, Siriporn Pupha (8) and Narin Dangkong (1),
both badly burnt in the explosion, died later in hospital. Six other children
who were severely injured in the blast are being treated in hospital and ten
other neighbours suffered minor injuries from flying debris.
About 15 houses adjacent to the factory were badly hit by the explosion,
with damage initially estimated at five million bath.
The explosion reduced the house into pieces. The first floor of Somnuek's
two-storey wooden house had been converted into a workshop where he made and
stored fireworks.
Somnuek's other daughter (and mother of the two children who died later
in hospital), who survived the explosion, said she saw sparks coming from a
faulty electrical socket and that the sparks ignited gunpowder stored nearby,
setting of the blast. 21.5.2006
Source:
"Six family members die in gunpowder explosion", 22.5.2006, http://www.manager.co.th/IHT/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000066637
"Fireworks factory blast kills six", 21.5.2006, http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/22May2006_news13.php
"Five killed in Phetchaburi fireworks explosion", 21.5.2006, http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=21918
"Home fireworks blow up, 6 die", 21.5.2006, http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=98202
Songkhla,
Sadao district, Southern Thai port. Two men died on the spot and three others
were seriously injured when workers transferred fireworks from a truck to a
warehouse and the fireworks exploded.
The
warehouse occupied a row of nine two-storey shop houses opposite the Sadao
municipal swimming pool.
The
blast shook the town and badly damaged the two-story warehouse used to store
pyrotechnic materials and the swimming pool and nearby shop houses. The
authorities have been unable to clear the scene for fear of another explosion as
large amounts of fireworks are kept in the building. At least Bt500,000 worth of
fireworks went up in the blast. 14.8.2006
Source:
"Fireworks
blaze kills 2 in Thailand", 14.8.2006, http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Fireworks+blaze+kills+2+in+Thailand&id=91480
"Songkhla
fireworks explosion kills two", 14.8.2006, http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=24077
"Three
die in Thai fireworks blast", 14.8.2006, http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112211
"Two
die in explosion at fireworks warehouse", 15.8.2006, http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/15/national/national_30011100.php
Chiang
Mai. Seventeen people were blinded after they were accidentally injured from
exploding fireworks during the Loy Kratong festival.
Source:
"17 people blinded during Loy Kratong", 7.11.2006, http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=114052
2005
San
Kamphaeng district/Thailand's northern province of Chiang Mai. An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory
that killed the owner of the fireworks
factory and damaged nearly 20 neighbouring houses was caused by negligence. The
explosion occurred when an electric drill came in close contact with the fuse on
the fireworks.
3.3.2005
Source:
4.3.2005, http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=36377
2004
Udon
Thani. Staff Sergeant Sunthorn Thaneeniam (47) is seriously
injured while allegedly producing fireworks at a two-storey shop-house. The
explosion also damages the building's glass front door and items contained
within.
Source:
27.3.2004, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Ayutthaya, Muang district/Central
Thailand. An explosion at the Boonleur fireworks factory has killed at least 14
people, including a four-year-old boy and injured several others. Among the
factory workers who survived were several 13- to 15-year-old youths who suffered
severe burns.
The blast rocked nearby
residential buildings and rocked the Kohkaew Temple a kilometre away.
The factory was completely
destroyed and nearby houses were damaged.
Police and local government
officials said the factory had lost its licence 10 years ago following an
earlier explosion, and was operating illegally. 3.10.2004
Source:
"Blast
at Thai fireworks plant", 3.10.2004, http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/oct2004/lab-o16.shtml:
"Blast
hits Thai fireworks factory", 3.10.2004, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3711660.stm
"Factory
Explosions: Senior official punished for negligence", 5.10.2004, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Ayutthaya (nördlich
von Bangkok). Bei einer Explosion in einer Fabrik für Feuerwerkskörper wurden mindestens 14 Menschen getötet
und zwei weitere verletzt. Laut staatlichem Rundfunk sei die Betriebsgenehmigung
der Fabrik bereits vor zehn Jahren abgelaufen, seitdem produziere sie illegal
weiter.
3.10.2004
Quelle:
"Explosion in Feuerwerksfabrik", 4.10.2004, http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/archiv2004/041004/aus_aller_welt/story707544.html
Chonburi.
Teenagers playing carelessly with fireworks caused an estimated
Bt700,000 worth of damage at a furniture factory, which went up in smoke after
being set alight by a stray spark. 26.11.2004
Source:
27.11.2004, http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33268
Nong
Pla Thao Pond in the province's Muang District/Thailand's northeastern province
of Chaiyaphum. A spectacular opening of the Loy Krathong festival ended with an
unexpected tragedy. A group of students helped collected used packs
of the fireworks. One of them exploded unexpectedly and suddenly killed a
17-year-old male student at his head, while other four students were seriously
wounded.
26.11.2004
Source:
27.11.2004, http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33251
2003
Chachoengsao,
Province in Centralthailand. An explosion at a fireworks factory kills factory
owner Jaru Sritaengon (43) and critically injures employee Boonyuen Upitak (31).
Two pickup trucks and two motorcycles in the factory's car park are completely
destroyed. Two heigthbouring houses are also damaged.
Source:
22.4.2003, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
2002
Bang
Na. A man (52) is killed and his wife and daughter injured when his home
explodes. The family produced fireworks at their house and moved the explosive
items near an oven following a flood. The blast also damages more than 10 houses
in the community.
Source:
10.10.2002, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Nan.
Several employees are seriously injured as staff panic during an explosion in a
fireworks factory. The factory is just a stone's throw away from an Army arsenal.
Source:
14.11.2002, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Nan.
An explosion erupts at another fireworks factory in Nan, injuring five people
and damaging a pickup truck and a motorcycle.
Source:
14.11.2002, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
2001
Ayutthaya's
Bang Ban district. Three people are injured in a house after a smoker
accidentally lets cigarette ash fall onto fireworks.
Source:
7.2.2001, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Ratchaburi's
Photharam district. An explosion rocks a fireworks factory.
Source:
15.5.2001, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
2000
Bangkok. Der Abschuss
einer selbstgebauten Feuerwerksrakete von Bauern von einem Reisfeld beim
Flughafen hat beinahe
zum Absturz eines Flugzeuges geführt. Die Maschine der thailändischen
Fluggesellschaft P.B. Air war gerade im Landeanflug, als der Pilot die Rakete in
unmittelbarerer Nähe bemerkte, wurde am 6.7.2000 bekannt. Hätte sie das
Flugzeug getroffen, wäre dieses wahrscheinlich explodiert, teilte die
Fluggesellschaft mit. Jährlich findet im Mai und Juni ein Raketenfestival
statt, das den Beginn der Regenzeit markiert.
Quelle:
"Beinahe getroffen", 7.7.2000, Solothurner Zeitung
Samut Sakhon Province. In an
explosion at a shop selling fireworks, a woman (44) identified as the shop owner
was killed outright and two of the most severely injured died shortly afterward.
83 others were injured and police fear still more of the most badly hurt may
also die.
the blast also destroys 20 motorcycles, a car and a pickup truck, and damages a
hotel. 8.11.2000
Source:
"Fireworks
explosion in Thailand kills 3, injures 83",
13.11.2000, http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0WDP/2000_Nov_13/67379262/p1/article.jhtml
"Factory
Explosions: Senior official punished for negligence", 5.10.2004, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
Phitsanulok.
An explosion at a fireworks factory kills one person and injures 50, two of them
seriously.
Source:
24.12.2000, http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=2&id=122033&usrsess=1
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