Seven Thai workers were killed and 19 injured when they tried to dismantle a Second World War bomb with a blowtorch.
The device was discovered by builders on a construction site in northern Bangkok’s Lad Plakao neighbourhood, Thailand.
Believing that it had lost its charge, they sold it to men working in a scrap metal warehouse.
A Thai fireman surveys the wreckage inside a scrap metal warehouse after a massive Second World War bomb exploded in Bangkok killing at least seven people died and injuring 19
Firemen and rescuers inspect the scene amongst debris after an explosion at a scrap metal warehouse
Firemen put out the last of the flames from the Second World War bomb explosion
The metal workers then began to take the 500lb bomb apart to sell the metal on. The blowtorch caused the bomb to go off, destroying the shop and creating a large crater. It also damaged dozens of adjacent houses and started a large fire.
Police said that five people died at the scene.
‘The warehouse workers thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it, causing the explosion,’ local police chief Virasak Foythong told AFP news agency.
Police bomb squad chief Kamthorn Auicharoen said that it was ‘likely this is a bomb dropped from a plane during World War II’.
The Allies bombed Thailand’s capital in retaliation for the country joining the Axis Powers.
Firemen fight the blaze after an explosion at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok
Thai firemen stand amid smouldering rubble after an explosion blew up a scrap metal warehouse in northern Bangkok
Thai charity workers carry the remains of a bomb victim, wrapped in white cloth, in a scrap metal warehouse.
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