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Six injured in gas explosion at restaurant
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 28/04/2017
» RAYONG - Six people were injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in the basement of a steak restaurant in Muang district on Friday morning, causing part of the shop to collapse.
Factory closed for discharging waste, causing fish deaths
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 27/12/2016
» RAYONG - Authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a latex rubber factory for 15 days for discharging untreated waste into a canal, killing many fish and polluting the water source.
Suspected trafficker caught with 800,000 speed pills
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 11/11/2016
» RAYONG - Another 200,000 speed pills were found buried in a rubber plantation in Ban Khai district in a repeat search on Friday after a man was caught on the previous day with 600,000 speed pills and 30kg of crystal methamphetamine seized from the plantation.
Industrial waste fire at Genco building in Rayong
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 22/09/2016
» RAYONG -- A fire broke out in a building used to store industrial waste in Muang district early on Thursday, causing extensive damage but no casualties.
Fire at PTT Phenol factory in Rayong
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 22/08/2016
» RAYONG -- A wastewater tank exploded and started a fire inside the factory of PTT Phenol Co in the Hemaraj Eastern Industrial Estate, Muang district, early on Monday.
Locals challenge dumping of rubbish in watershed area
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 10/08/2016
» RAYONG - Local leaders and residents have protested against the dumping of factory waste in a mountain watershed area and demanded authorities investigate the issuing of a land ownership document for the dump site.
16 hospitalised for factory carbon monoxide poisoning
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 03/02/2016
» RAYONG -- Sixteen Myanmar migrant workers were hospitalised for carbon monoxide poisoning at a frozen-seafood factory in Muang district on Wednesday morning.
Lao woman 'raped' by cop-killing officer mentally ill
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 15/12/2015
» The 26-year-old Lao woman allegedly raped by a Rayong policeman killed after shooting dead two supervisors was both mentally ill and being deported.
Canal dredging halted over 'missing' sand
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 03/11/2015
» RAYONG – The dredging of a canal for flood relief in Muang district has been ordered halted after villagers asked questions about the truckloads of sand being taken away from the site by the contractor.
Rayong hit by heavy rain, some flooding
Jumphol Nikomruk, Published on 06/10/2015
» RAYONG - Residents in the municipal area of tambon Thapma in Muang district have been told to move their belongings to higher places as a precaution against possible flash flooding following heavy rain, Rayong irrigation office director Prasan Prueksachart said on Tuesday morning.