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Fuel vapour hazard at site of collapsed Lat Krabang bypass

Workers on Tuesday start removing the huge steel supports from among the debris of the section of elevated road under construction in Lat Krabang that fell on Luang Phaeng Road on Monday evening. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

The danger of a fuel vapour explosion at a petrol station is adding to the hazards of clearing a long, collapsed section of elevated highway from Luang Phaneg Road in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district.

About 100 metres of the elevated bypass, which is still under construction, colllapsed on Monday evening, killing an engineer and a construction worker, injuring 12 other people, crushing cars on the road below and toppling power poles.

A concrete span about 100 metres long fell from a height of 20 metres…

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