Bomb explodes at garbage truck depot in Narathiwat

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PUBLISHED: 6 Feb 2025 at 15: 15

Firefighters spray water to douse a fire in the parking area for garbage trucks in the compound of tambon Rueso municipality in Narathiwat around noon on Thursday. No casualties were reported. (Photo: Abdullah Benjakat)
Around lunchtime on Thursday, firefighters apply water to put out a fire in the parking lot for garbage vehicles in the Narathiwat element of the tambon Rueso city. No deaths were reported. ( Photo: Abdullah Benjakat )

A bomb detonated at a parking lot for garbage trucks in the southern province’s Rueso city on Thursday evening. No deaths were reported.

Around 2:30 p.m., loud explosions like bombs were audible in the parking lot where the cars were parked, igniting flames right away.

Three fire vehicles and firefighters were dispatched to the field to extinguish the rapidly spreading flames. There were no accounts of fatalities or injury.

Firefighters were also attempting to contain the flame.