Chemicals at a factory just outside the Thai capital burst back into flames briefly on Tuesday, sending another cloud of toxic black smoke into the air and highlighting the continuing health danger from an industrial accident that killed one and injured dozens more.
It took firefighters more than 24-hours to put the fire out initially after it started with an explosion at about 3 am on Monday which could be heard for kilometres and blew the windows and doors out of nearby homes.
Despite efforts by firefighters to keep the highly flammable chemical styrene monomer from reigniting by continuing to douse the site with water and foam, flames broke out again and burned for about an hour Tuesday afternoon.
Little was left of the Ming Dih Chemical factory other than the twisted metal frames and charred remains of its warehouses that were destroyed in the explosion and fire.