Printing machine blows up in Lat PhraoA 16-year-old printing machine at Bangkok's Kurusapa Lat Phrao Printing Press exploded yesterday, injuring three workers and causing damages worth at least Bt35 million.14 Sep 12 The Nation Pol Colonel Setthasak Yimcharoen of Chokchai police station said the explosion of the "Commercial Web" printing machine had also caused the printing house's ceiling to collapse and the windows to shatter. The three workers suffered from burns, and one of them is in serious condition. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion. Officials at the printing house said the machine, which could print 18,000 copies an hour, had been imported from Japan about 16 years ago and was checked on a weekly basis. The printing house is located at Lat Phrao Soi 59. |
