The tanker Smooth Sea 22 burns at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district, Samut Songkhram, on Tuesday morning. (Photo: EasternFireFighters)
SAMUT SONGKHRAM: Eight workers were missing and houses damaged after an empty oil tanker caught fire and exploded at a dockyard on the Mae Klong river in Muang district on Tuesday morning.
The explosion aboard the tanker Smooth Sea 22 was reported to police about 9.17am.
The tanker, which has a capacity of 6,500 deadweight tonnes, was undergoing regular maintenance at Ruammitr Dockyard in tambon Laem Yai. Its tanks were empty.
The explosion was heard and felt over a radius of several kilometres. Glass window panes in houses were shattered.
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