Police are looking for criminals after a recent fire caused the hospital in Ayutthaya to be evacuated.
A business that is affiliated with a company in Rayong where improperly stored toxins caught fire previous month is owned by an organization that is owned by an institution in this central state, according to authorities.
The local Phachi Hospital was temporarily closed on Wednesday night due to thick smoke from the fire at the deserted chemistry warehouse in the Ayutthaya district.
Of the 35 people at the hospital, four were discharged and the rest were transferred to four different institutions in the state, said Opas Karnkawinpong, permanent director for the Ministry of Public Health.
The blaze broke out at about 6pm on Wednesday, engulfing the inventory and sending dust, tinged with the scent of chemical compounds, to the doctor, which was about 600 feet apart. Around 2 a.m. on Thursday, the fire was contained.
According to authorities, about 4, 000 tonnes of handled chemicals, seized much earlier and awaiting waste, were stored at the inventory on Uthai- Phachi Road.
Wat Khok Muang, which even houses a school, was the location of the fireplace where people sought shelter.
Given the extensive fumes emanating from the field, health officials were monitoring the afflicted people, according to Dr. Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director-general of the Department of Disease Control.
According to government official Chai Wacharonke, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had instructed the important organizations to collaborate in identifying any remaining toxins at the site and assisting those affected by the fire and smoke.
According to Thira Kaewphimon, an Ayutthaya business office officer, toxic chemicals had spread to adjacent areas and had come into contact with practical and metal, causing chemical reactions and blowing off plumes of smoke into the air.
People near have been advised to use face masks, he said, and several companies are working up to control the situation.
Company connections
According to a supply at the Central Investigation Bureau, Aek Uthai Co, based in the city of Phachi, rented the inventory to save the substance misuse.
According to the source, officers opened an investigation into the business next year under the Hazardous Substances Act, and are expected to finish their work soon.
The company and Win Process Co. in the Ban Khai district of Rayong, where two fires erupted at its hazardous waste storage site last month, are linked to each other, according to the police’s Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division ( NED ). Arson has not been ruled out, authorities said.
The second fire on April 22 affected 100 people outside. Authorities did not rule out fire as the reason, noting the chemical’s electricity supply had longer been disconnected. Officials discovered higher levels of harmful toxins in the air over the surrounding area on April 24 in a second flame.
The source claimed that some of the substances at Win Process’s Rayong flower had been moved to five warehouses and factories owned by businesses associated with Aek Uthai Co, including the inventory at Phachi in Ayutthaya.
According to the cause, the various stores and plants are located in the Uthai region in Ayuthaya, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Phetchabun, and the NED is even bringing legal actions against them under the Hazardous Substances Act.
According to the cause, authorities are also keeping an eye on the other stores and plants to stop any potential fires from igniting, the source continued.
The NED captain, Pol Maj Gen Watcharin Phusit, claimed that the fire at the inventory in Phachi was the second one there. He claimed that regulators are gathering evidence to bring legal actions against the parties involved.
This photo of dust from the Ayutthaya substance fire on Thursday was captured by a vehicle. ( Photo: @bartelsv X account )