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Bangkok Post
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ASSAWIN PAKKAWAN

Hundreds of plastic crates destroyed by fire in Hat Yai

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire outside a seafood processing factory in Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Sunday. (Photo and video by Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: A fire broke out on Sunday outside a seafood processing factory in Hat Yai district, destroying hundreds of plastic crates, police said.

The fire started around noon outside the factory belonging to Hat Yai Sahakij Khonsong Company in Ban Phru Municipality, sending billows of black smoke into the sky. The crates were used to contain fish for delivery to Malaysia.

Fire engines dispatched to the factory were able to extinguish the flames in about an hour.

Susawat Teerarojanawong, 63, the factory owner, said the fire started in a pile of broken crates awaiting repair. Damage was being assessed.

Nobody was hurt.

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