A palm oil factory in Patthalung was engulfed in flames, leading to losses exceeding three million baht. The blaze required help from a number of water vans to convey it underneath management.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Paradanan Meeboon, the duty inspector of Patthalung’s City Police Station, obtained a report of a fire at the palm oil manufacturing facility alongside the Patthalung-Hat Yai Road within the Tha Khae district. Privy rushed to the palm oil manufacturing facility fireplace scene together with Wisut Thammapetch, the provincial administrative organization’s president, and Oranong Songsomphan, the district chief officer.
Four hearth engines from the provincial administrative group and municipal authorities had been mobilised to the scene. The hearth was raging throughout the palm oil manufacturing unit and thick black smoke could be seen from a distance. The firefighters rapidly started to douse the flames and after roughly half an hour, the fireplace was beneath management.
Upon investigation, it was found that the palm oil manufacturing facility fire had started on the oil press where employees were boiling raw palm oil in a 10-tonne tank utilizing firewood for heat. However, because of high oil acidity, the oil overflowed from the heated tank and fell into the hearth, causing the flames to spread throughout the tank and leading to billowing black smoke.
From interviews, 42 years previous Amphon Nuthim, the supervisor, and Somsak Jitrak, the manager, supplied constant information that the fire was caused by the overflow of acidic uncooked palm oil when heated. Initial estimates counsel that the damage isn’t less than three million baht, reported Sanook.
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