Five hurt in Bangkok restaurant gas explosion

BANGKOK, May 9 – At least five persons were hurt Wednesday in a cooking gas explosion at a steak house in downtown Bangkok’s Soi Rang Nam.

The explosion occurred midday at a four-storey commercial building in Soi Rang Nam near the Victory Monument and Sri Ayudthya School when a mechanic was trying to fix the valve of a 48-kilogramme gas cylinder.

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