On November 16, 2022, Mr. Suriya Jungrungruangkit Minister of Industry ordered the Industrial Works Department Visited the area to closely inspect the fire situation in the shoe factory. Preliminaries reveal no burning of hazardous chemicals within the factory. affecting air pollution Confirm that the surrounding people are safe.
Mr. Julapong Taweesri, general manager of the industrial works department, revealed that after the fire occurred in a shoe factory. Samut Prakan Province On the evening of November 15, 2022, Mr. Suriya Juangroongruangkit Minister of Industry ordered an urgent visit to the area to closely monitor the situation. The latest sent engineers from the Industrial Works Department. with a pollution inspection vehicle moving around the area to assess the impact of air pollution The measurement result found that it has not exceeded the standard value.
from the burning building owned by the company Summit Footwear Co., Ltd., which is an Aerosoft shoe factory located on Bangna-Trad Road, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province. The building in which the fire occurred was a 5-storey building used as an office building and showroom for displaying products. but because the officers could not enter the building. In addition, the above place is a good place to store shoes, which is fuel. causing the fire to spread rapidly and controlling the fire is difficult However, the fire brigade was able to control the fire at around 10:45 pm From the fire control, it was found that the showroom building did not spread to the shoe factory in the next building. In which this area will be the storage of the various chemical products of the company, however, the staff must still be careful of possible fuel spills Initially, no deaths were found from the examination. It is anticipated that the cause of this fire may have been caused by a short circuit. they cooperated well ready to take responsibility for all damages And apologize to the people who were affected by the traffic and the smoke from the flames that had been burning for so many hours.
“The Minister of Industry urged to monitor the situation closely. Although the fire can be controlled by directing the Department of Industrial Works to send a pollution inspection vehicle and engineering team to the area to inspect weather, water and debris that may remain around the factory. ‘examination It was found that there was still a small amount of smoke. And no chemical burns were found. At the same time, the air quality outside the building where the fire occurred was measured. On the morning of November 16, 2022, the number of 2 points is point 1 in front of the building that caught fire. It was found that the amount of oxygen in the air (O2) = 19.8%, volatile organic compounds (VOC) = 0.8ppm, particulate matter less than 100 microns (TSP) = 56 µg/m3, particulate matter less than 10 microns ( PM10) = 32 ug./m3, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) = 11.4 ug/m3 and point 2 at the flyover near the entrance to the plant detected carbon monoxide ( CO) = 5.0ppm, Particulate TSP = 78 µg/m3 above 10 microns (PM10) = 47 µg/m3 and Particulate below 2.5 microns (PM2.5) = 21.4 µg/m3, it can be conclude that the air quality measurement results are within the safety standards each item, and other gases such as nitric oxide nitrogen dioxide sulfur dioxide Hydrogen sulfide and ammonia that can affect pollution are not detected Julapong said.
