Toxic-waste fire victims lay complaint against authorities

Arson never suspected, as the location’s lack of power could lead to a short circuit.

Toxic-waste fire victims lay complaint against authorities
At one of the destroyed spend stores owned by Win Process in the Ban Khai region of Rayong, the fire is still burning beneath the rubble on Tuesday. ( Photo: Pollution Control Department )

About 100 people who are also battling the fire’s spread in Rayong state have lodged grievances with the provincial professional regulators, who eventually approved it.

They accuse the government of being responsible for the tree’s continued negative effects on their health and the surroundings. &nbsp,

Meanwhile, officials said on Wednesday that they had not yet determined whether fire was to blame for the fire at the closure spend logistics facility in the Ban Khai district. The plant’s energy source had long been disconnected. The landlord, Win Process Ltd, is in bankruptcy.

On Wednesday, residents of the Ban Nong Pawa and Ban Khod Klang settlements gathered at Wat Nong Pawa and complained to the Ban Khai train.

Their problem targeted the business key of Rayong province and the director-general of the Department of Industrial Works. They requested legal actions from the police for allowing Win Process to store poisonous waste there from the day it first opened until the fire that quickly broke out early on Monday night.

The plaintiffs claimed to have endured the negative effects for more than ten years. Because the dust was engulfing their communities, the fire had to be put out as soon as possible.

They worried about the negative effects of weather on the ashes left by the destroyed facility on their farms and homes. No officers had bothered to join with them or given any help, they said.

The fire in the Win Process inventory element was continued by firefighters on Wednesday. Because water alone could n’t burn the material, excavators were used to cover areas.

It was far too risky for investigators looking into technological disasters to enter.

Win Process was established in 2010 as a reuse company utilizing waste from Rayong’s chemical flowers. Its stores are located in Ban Khai district’s tambon Bang But.

Nearby residents expressed concern about the plant’s economic harm in 2021. The Rayong Provincial Court ordered the business to remove toxic waste and give the affected villagers 20.82 million baht in settlement in 2022.

The firm entered debt proceedings. The business waste remained in its substance, stored in five properties. It comprised waste, chemicals, contaminated sand, ancient oil, used tyres, acids and other industrial spend including cheap scrap and circuit boards.

Kachornpong Siriwisut, an expert with the Department of Industrial Works, said the blaze began&nbsp, on Monday night, at a time when it should not have been heated enough to start the incident.

The allegedly started-placed developing 5, which contained the oil and toxins, was well-maintained and not very flammable. The blaze in the tower should not have &nbsp, spread so quickly to the other stores, which were commonly separated by routes, he said.

Kanchai Thepworachai, the lieutenant governor of Rayong, ruled out an electronic short circuits as the root cause. The substance had been shut down and the energy supply had been disconnected for a while. Authorities had not ruled out fire as the reason, he said.

Regulators would determine the cause of the fire, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, and those responsible for the fire may file a lawsuit if it was consciously started.