Authorities seized about a ton of fireworks

Authorities of Thailand’s Narathiwat province have seized about a ton of fireworks from shop houses which there was an explosion on Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring about 120 others.

The explosion and subsequent fire also damaged about 300 houses in the warehouse’s neighborhood.

They found 133 cardboard boxes and 20 sugar sacks containing fireworks and pyrotechnic materials, with a combined weight of about a ton. Moreover, a subsequent search of a shop selling fishing equipment opposite uncovered an unspecified quantity of fireworks.Authorities claim that all the seized fireworks are illegal.