Fire in Toyota factory warehouse

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Fire in Toyota factory warehouse

Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 09.35
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A large fire in warehouses at the rear of a Toyota assembly plant in Ban Pho district of Chachoengsao province Sunday night will not affect production, provincial governor Rerngsak Mahawinijchaimontri said.

The blaze began in a building situated at the back of the plant around 7pm and destroyed a warehouse storing approximately 30,000 litres of engine oil. Parts of the building collapsed oin the flames, which took firefighters around 3 hours to control.

The fire flared up again at the same spot about 1am Monday, and firefighters battled for another two hours to put it out.

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barryw
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Discussion 3 : 25 Dec 2012 at 07.413
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'Reporters at the scene said large numbers of fire trucks arrived to help battle the blaze, but many of them were not be allowed to enter the factory grounds to help fight the fire.' Reminds me of when Central's flagship store in Chitlom burned down because security guards wouldn't let firefighters in as they were know to help themselves to the goods.
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Discussion 2 : 24 Dec 2012 at 15.312
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d1: 1.we are not told why they could not enter, possibly for size of space, or safety considerations, 2. it does not mention about sprinklers or the absence of in this article, this is a Toyota facility, and has nothing to do with the PT or reds that you hate so much. 3. Sprinklers do not do much good in a storage facility for oil, actually, they would be a bad idea, when you pour water on burning oil, you spread it around
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Discussion 1 : 24 Dec 2012 at 13.291
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Bureaucratic clap trap would not let them enter.Why no sprinkler system if I were there insurer I would insist on one.That is If they had insurance.
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