Twelve killed in Thailand as firecrackers explode in warehouse

Twelve people were killed and more than 100 injured when firecrackers kept in a warehouse exploded in southern Thailand, an official said on Sunday.
Narathiwat’s Governor Sanan Phongaksorn said, the firecrackers set off a fire on Saturday at the unauthorised warehouse at the Muno market in Su-ngai Kolok district in the southern province of Narathiwat bordering Malaysia.
Sanan said, more than 200 houses surrounding the warehouse were damaged by the explosion, affecting 365 people. Some 19 people were still staying at a shelter as several families have moved to their relatives’ houses.
Police were investigating the cause of the incident, he said, with initial reports suggesting a welding error at the warehouse.