Visitors frequently gathered shells from local military drill sites for sale to scrap dealers, according to investigators.
PUBLISHED: 18 Mar 2025 at 14: 34
UPDATED: 18 Mar 2025 at 14: 48
Following a deadly blast on Tuesday night, authorities in Wang Nam Khieo district have cordoned off the region around a junkyard after discovering numerous explosive shells collected by locals from a local military exercise site.
At 8.45am on Tuesday, a woman was killed and four others were seriously injured in the non-smoking community of tambon Udomsap, which is located 100 meters away from home number 130.
In the substance of the house, weapon experts immediately discovered four old shells, including an M79 rocket, a rocket-propelled bomb, and anti-aircraft weaponry shells. Police from the Udomsap station cordoned off the area. A weapon club was looking for more bombs all the way up.
Somjai Phanomyai, 61, was the person’s surname. She and her 66-year-old partner, Kittisak, were traveling from Buri Ram state to acquire scrap at the home for resale, according to authorities.
Somjai was weighing an artillery tank in a sack when it allegedly hit the scale, according to police, who interrogated witnesses and determined that the tip had a point downwards and detonated the violent when it struck the scale.
Krueawan Sing-ngon, a 52-year-old home owner, and her husband, two scrap collectors, suffered many shrapnel wounds to his head. ( The story continues below )
The garage artillery barrel. ( Photo: Prasit Tangprasert )
The village’s head, Ban Non Srithong, said that two households in her village frequently pick wild vegetables and offer them for piece at a Second Army chisel webpage on Phu Lamyai hill.
After each chisel to collect shells, persons entered the training area, which is located three kilometers away from the village, assuming that the shells had previously exploded, according to the town mind.
This was the first explosion in Ban Non Srithong village, according to Ms. Nitaya,” but similar incidents have occurred in different villages.”
” I have warned people not to collect shells,” I’ve said, but some people were arrogant and believed it would be secure, assuming all shell had currently exploded following each drill.
Kamlai Sanpen, 50, and her father Tharapong Ingpanchakan, 61, were the two wounded trash collectors identified.
Ms. Kamlai’s family, 73-year-old Boonliang Timrat, reported that her daughter and son-in-law frequently gathered fruits and shell casings on Phu Lamyai alongside hundreds of people from nearby villages.
After each round of collecting, they returned with steel piece, and my daughter claimed that she had sold the piece for a great price, according to Ms Boonliang.
She claimed that because she had to spend electricity bills, she did not follow the few to the garage as usual on Tuesday night. Her daughter and son-in-law both suffered severe injuries to their legs and belly.
Researchers check the garage where the explosion occurred, a garage in the Wang Nam Khieo city of Nakhon Ratchasima, on Tuesday night. ( Photo: Prasit Tangprasert )