COLLAPSED BRIDGE
On September 13, part of a railway bridge is left damaged after the last carriage of an in-bound Bangkok-Butterworth train derailed while leaving Bang Sue 2 station.
CHEMICALS RELEASED
Chemicals leak in Ayutthaya
Chemicals leaked from an army weapons depot in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district, sending clouds of yellow gas into neighbouring communities.
Several hours of torrential rain on the night of September 12 in Ayutthaya caused land subsidence under a warehouse in Ban Koh sub-district. The warehouse is used to store chemical containers.
Containers of liquid nitric and sulphuric acids inside the warehouse were damaged, sending yellow smoke pluming through Ban Koh sub-district and nearby villages. Villagers who inhaled the fumes complained of nasal irritation. No serious injuries were reported.
ALIENS ARRESTED
Official detain 50 migrants
More than 50 Rohingya migrants, believed to have been trafficked into the country, were found inside a hideout in Songkhla province on September 13.
Authorities raided a makeshift camp in a rubber plantation in Hat Yai district and found the migrants. The gang who trafficked the migrants fled the scene, officials said.
A total of 53 Rohingya were taken from the camp and placed under the authorities' care at a mosque in Chalung sub-district. They will be further detained by immigration police, authorities reported.
EASY NEWS FOR M1-3
DANGEROUS DRUGS
70,000 speeding pills seized
Two drug traffickers were arrested. It happened in Chumphon province on September 14. They were distributing g 70,000 methamphetamine pills. The two men were caught at a roadside checkpoint in Tha Se district.
Vocabulary
- carriage (n): a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
subsidence (n): the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than normal, or by which a building sinks into the ground
nitric acid (n): a powerful clear acid that can destroy most substances and is used to make explosives and other chemical products
sulphuric acid (n): a strong clear acid
hideout (n): a place where somebody goes when they do not want anyone to find them
makeshift (n): used temporarily for a particular purpose because the real thing is not available
roadside (adj): the edge of the road
