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Bangkok evacuates residents, closes road after Purple Line tunnel leak

Traffic is closed above the tunnel leak site as workers use special concrete to shore up the Purple Line tunnel at the Wong Wian Yai intersection in Klong San district, Bangkok, on Thursday. (Photo: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)

Bangkok authorities have evacuated people from nearby buildings and closed a road near the site of a Purple Line tunnel leak in Klong San district.

Klong San district chief Sorasit Lueangroongkiat on Thursday night ordered suspension of use of buildings near the Wong Wian Yai intersection above the leakage, which occurred 30 metres below ground.

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