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Bangkok Post
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Summit Footwear fire extinguished after 27-hour battle

The fire-gutted Summit Footwear factory on the closed outbound frontage road of the Theparat Highway in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, after the blaze was extinguished on Wednesday night, 27 hours after it started. (Photo: Sutthiwit Chayutworakan)

SAMUT PRAKAN: Firefighters finally extinguished the blaze at the Summit Footwear factory in Bang Phli district on Wednesday night after a 27-hour battle, but the local frontage road remains closed for public safety.

Bang Phli district chief Somsak Kaewbangna, firefighters and volunteers announced the fire was completely extinguished at 8.40pm on Wednesday, about 27 hours after it started at the shoe factory on the outbound side of the Theparat (Bang Na-Trat) Highway near the 15-kilometre marker on Tuesday evening.

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