PUBLISHED: 23 Apr 2024 at 14:08
On Tuesday, fires continued to burn at the toxic waste site owned by Win Process Co. in Rayong in response to concerns about the blaze’s impact on the environment.
In tambon Bang But in the Ban Khai area, where lights were nevertheless visible in some places, paramedics were spraying foamy on the strewn remains of the stores. The inventory compound’s inventory substance continued to emit white and black smoke. The unpleasant odor was visible up to 10 miles downstream, reports said.
Monday morning at 9 a.m., the flames started it. There were five houses in the substance, used for storing waste, chemicals, contaminated sand, ancient oil, used tyres, acidity and industrial spare including cheap scrap and circuit boards. About 70 people were evacuated from local houses, authorities said.
Environmental and Natural Resources Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan has given pollution control authorities a mandate to observe the effects of the fire on the environment.
Pimphattra Wichaikul, the chancellor of industry, said she had given the department of business works the order to look into the cause of the blaze. Despite the company’s closure, toxic waste was also stored at the location.
The firm, In response to economic complaints made by neighborhood citizens, Win Process declared bankruptcy.
The Industry Ministry’s Director of Industrial Waste Management, Sirakan Lueangsakul, informed Thai PBS on Tuesday that the firm had been given a court order to rid of the waste. Additionally, the flames had produced a lot of dust that needed to be adequately disposed of.
There are worries about the economic effects, she said, and there are a lot of things to recycle, including tires, scraps of carpet, and plastic bags.
Ms. Sirakan claimed that the inventory substance remained too much while the fires had not yet been completely contained. unsafe for leaders to provide and started their investigation.