Workplace Fire – in a Thailand Glove Factory

A workplace fire broke out at a glove factory in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district in Thailand on a Monday morning at the start of September 2014.

There were no reports of injuries, though damage was estimated to be about 3 million bart. The fire spread quickly as gloves and socks in the factory fuelled it.

Fire fighters spent about half an hour to control the blaze. A factory worker told police that the factory belongs to a Hong Kong man. The worker said he was awakened by the smell of smoke as he was sleeping on the third floor of the factory.

Police suspected that the workplace fire may be caused by an electrical short circuit.

Workplace fire caused by electrical short circuit – it is a bit of a cliché, but at least nobody was hurt or killed this time.