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Civil groups take legal action over accidents
Bangkok Post 09 May 2012
Negligence claimed at Map Ta Phut factories
Civil groups will file lawsuits against state agencies and petrochemical firm operators for alleged negligence that led to two accidents in Map Ta Phut.
IEAT to check 65 plants after blast
The Nation 09 May 2012 | PONGPHON SARNSAMAK, ACHARA VI
The massive explosion at the factory of a Bangkok Synthetics subsidiary that killed 11 and injured another 129 people on Saturday has prompted the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to examine 65 hazardous factories in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate.
Opposition re-emerges to Map Ta Phut projects
The Nation 08 May 2012
The Eastern People's Network plans to file lawsuits against Bangkok Synthetics over the fatal explosion and fire at its subsidiary BST Elastomers' facility in Rayong's Map Ta Phut area on Saturday, in a move that strengthens industrialists' fears over
Map Ta Phut needs to earn public confidence
The Nation 08 May 2012 | ACHARA DEBOONME
The disaster last weekend at Map Ta Phut, the country's largest petrochemical complex, is not the first and will probably not be the last as long as good safety measures are not put in place and strictly enforced.
Hazard alert after fatal blaze
The Nation 07 May 2012 | Chumphon Nikhomruk, Pongphon Sarnsamak
Toll of 11 dead, 129 injured after Bangkok Synthetics factory fire in Map Ta Phut; industry minister says air quality in Rayong normal, but health officials suspect toluene leak played role in deaths
A tripartite committee to be set up to gauge the extent of chemical contamination after a plastics plant burst into flames in Rayong on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring 129.
BST facility suspended after deadly explosion
The Nation 06 May 2012
Bangkok Synthetics Plc's operations in Map Ta Phut, Rayong has been suspended, following the explosion at its synthetic tyre furnace on May 5.
Industry Minister Pongsawat Svasti said today, before accompanying Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's helicopter ride to Rayong, that he has also ordered a throrough check of security systems at all facilities in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate as well as the air condition.
Map Ta Phut fire death toll rises to at least 9, 120 injured
The Nation 6 May 2012
The death toll in the massive factory five in Map Ta Phut rose to at least 9 and 120 people were reported injured, Rayong Governor Seni Jittakasem said Sunday.
The massive fire that broke out at the Bangkok Synthetics factory in Map Ta Phut Saturday.
Seven critical after chemical factory blaze
The Nation 06 May 2012
Some 47 people were injured - seven of them critically - after a fire broke out yesterday at the Bangkok Synthetics factory in Map Ta Phut.
The sky over the Rayong industrial estate was covered with thick black smoke from chemicals burnt during the blaze. Deputy Public Health Minister Dr Surawit Khonsomboon warned people in Rayong not to store rainwater for consumption, as it may be contaminated by toxic chemicals released by the fire.
Huge fire continues in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate
The Nation 05 May 2012
Firefighters and police still could not control a blaze at a tire factory in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong province on Saturday.
Myanmar questions Italian-Thai's resource for giant Dawei project
BLOOMBERG / The Nation 04 May 2012
Myanmar President Thein Sein's top political adviser has questioned Italian-Thai Development's ability to oversee a planned US$8.6-billion (Bt265 billion) industrial zone in the country, raising doubts about the Dawei project's viability.