Army chief to inspect Lopburi blast zone

BANGKOK, April 24 (TNA) - Thai Army chief general Sonthi Boonyaratkalin plans to travel Wednesday to the ammunition depot at a military base in the central Lopburi province, about 150 kilometres north of Bangkok which was rocked Tuesday evening by a series of explosions.

Gen. Sonthi was reported as saying the situation was now under control, after the blasts which started at around 8.10 pm rocked the area.

Internal Security Operations Command spokesman Colonel Thanatip Sawangsang told Modernine (television channel 9) the military had evacuated all army personnel and their families from the blast site.

He said there had been no casualties, although ermergency services were still trying to reach the site.

Colonel Thanatip said it was too early to say what had caused the blasts, but General Sonthi suggested the hotter than normal temperature could have ignited the ammunition stored at the depot.

The army depot is located around 10 km from the provincial seat.

TNA

Munitions dumps explode

Explosions at two Army munitions dumps in Lop Buri's Muang district last night caused a resounding 30 minutes of continuous blasts but no casualties.

The cause of the blasts was not known but Army commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin later said the hot weather had been the cause and dismissed speculation of sabotage. Extensive examination of both sites has yet to be carried out.

The first explosion took place at around 8pm at a dump storing small-arms munitions owned by the Army's Ordnance Department. The fire and the heat later triggered explosions at a nearby dump with a stockpile of rockets and large explosives, owned by the Army's Aviation Centre.

Lt-General Theerawat Boonya-pradab, commander of the Army's Ordnance Department, said bomb disposal squads were sent into the depot to limit the damage but had to wait until the explosions stopped. No estimate of the damage was available last night.

Hundreds of military families residing near both the ammunition dumps, and civilians living in nearby areas, were evacuated. There are no reports of damage to property.

The worst explosion at an ammunitions dump occurred in Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Chong area in 2001, when 17 people were killed.

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