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BANGKOK, (APP/AFP): Eight people died and
seven were injured when they accidentally triggered a fire extinguisher system in the headquarters of a major Thai bank, releasing a suffocating cloud of chemicals, officials said Monday.
The accident occurred late Sunday night in the basement of the Siam
Commercial Bank (SCB), one of the country’s largest financial institutions.
SCB said contractors had been working to improve the building’s
chemical fire extinguishers but mistakenly set off the system, releasing chemicals that likely caused oxygen levels to plummet.
“The work may have triggered (the) Pyrogen aerosol which, once it
works, will decrease oxygen, that could cause people’s injuries and death,” the bank said in a statement.