Explosion at fireworks factory in Thailand kills 23 people

Rescue workers at the scene - some 60 miles north-west of the capital, Bangkok - said no survivors had been found.

The cause of the blast in Suphan Buri province is under investigation, but police confirmed there had been a previous explosion at the factory, in November 2022, in which one worker died.

The catastrophe happened less than a year after a large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in the south of the country killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 100, according to officials.

That explosion in Narathiwat province was in a residential area and damaged about 100 houses within a 500-metre (1,640ft) radius.

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