Hundreds of residents fled in panic when a fire broke out at an oil refinery owned by Bangchak Petroleum Plc.
in Bangkok phra Khanong district. Nobody was injured in the blaze. This brought oil production to a halt and expected to cost the company 30 millon Bath. the fire is believed to have been caused by a hydrogen leak,began at about 7 a.m. at a bunker oil refinery unit. The blaze was brought under control within 30 minutes.