School fire extinguisher blast kills student, injures 5
published : 23 Jun 2023 at 13:15
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A schoolboy was killed and five others injured when a fire extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at a school in Bangkok on Friday morning.
The carbon dioxide fire extinguisher exploded during a fire drill at around 11.22am in the compound of Rajavinit Mathayom School on Phitsanulok Road in Nang Loeng area.
The blast resulted in the death of one schoolboy and injuries to five other students so far.
Matichon Online reported that the dead victim was a Mathayom Suksa 5 student who took part in the drill.
Police were investigating, as forensic officers examined the site and collected evidence.
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Vocabulary
- blast: an explosion - การระเบิด
- carbon dioxide (noun): a gas without colour or smell, produced when you breathe out or when substances containing carbon are burnt - ก๊าซคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์, ก๊าซที่เกิดขึ้นเมื่อสัตว์หรือคนหายใจออก
- drill: an activity which practises a particular skill and often involves repeating the same thing several times - การฝึกหัด
- evidence: facts statements or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime - หลักฐาน
- explode (verb): blast, blow up, burst - ระเบิด
- fire extinguisher: a device which contains water or a special gas, powder or foam (= a mass of small bubbles) that is put onto a fire to stop it burning - เครื่องดับเพลิง
- forensic: relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes or to find out why something happened - เกี่ยวกับนิติวิทยาศาสตร์
- injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
