Timely response by firefighters halts gas leak at NGV station in Bangkok
Firefighters took about 20 minutes to halt NGV leakage at a gas station in Bangkok’s Thung Khru district on Thursday morning and averted a possible disaster.
Thung Khru Police Station chief Pol Colonel Ananchai Kamolrat and Thung Khru assistant director Prasart Phosrimart were informed about the leak at 9.15am.
Police then coordinated with the Thung Khru fire station to rush fire engines and firefighters to the PTT NGV station on Thung Khru Road along an elevated expressway.
Firefighters found that the leakage occurred at one of four trailer trucks that were filling gas there.
Staff at the station said they had tried to shut the valve of the gas tank of the truck but failed because the leaked gas formed a thick smog inside the building.
Firefighters took 20 minutes to dilute the gas using water hoses, after which the station staff were able to close the valve.
No one was injured in the incident.
