Worker injured in Pattaya food shop explosion
published : 30 Aug 2022 at 15:01
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
A Lao migrant worker was injured by an explosion at a food shop in Pattaya early on Tuesday.
The incident occurred about 5.50am at a shop in a two-storey building selling khao moo daeng (rice with barbequed red pork), khao man kai (steamed rice topped with chicken) and noodles in tambon Nong Prue.
The explosion caused a side wall of the building to crumble and the roof to collapse.
Khith Lovanxay, 29, a Lao migrant worker, was found in the rubble with serious injuries. He was admitted to a nearby hospital.
The explosion also caused damage to adjacent shops. The full extent of the damage was being assessed.
Officials said the explosion was not from a gas cylinder as initially thought. The actual cause was still being investigated.
Vocabulary
- actual: real; existing in fact - จริง
- assess (verb): to carefully consider a situation, person, or problem in order to make a judgment - ประเมิณ, ประเมิณสถานการณ์
- collapse: to fall down suddenly - พังลงมา ล้ม, พังครืน
- crumble: to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces - แตกละเอียด
- cylinder: an object shaped like a wide tube; a metal container for gas or liquid - กระบอก
- explosion (noun): the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of something such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing something to explode - การระเบิด
- extent: size - ขนาด
- migrant worker: someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work - คนงานต่างถิ่น
- occurred (verb): happened - เกิดขึ้น
- rubble: broken pieces of stone and brick from building, walls, etc., that have been destroyed - ซากปรักหักพัง
