Disgruntled Employee ‘Blows Up’ Workplace

A disgruntled employee has allegedly blown up her workplace.

Gatekeepers News reports that Ann Sriya has allegedly blown up the Prapakorn Oil warehouse because she was fed up with her boss ‘complaining’ and ‘causing her stress’.

The 38-year-old allegedly set a piece of paper on fire and threw it onto a fuel container, causing a blaze that engulfed the warehouse in Nakhon Pathom province on November 29.

According to police, Sriya confessed to committing arson after her arrest, claiming that she was driven by the stress her employer Pipat Ungprapakorn, 65, had caused her.

CCTV footage showed Sriya, who worked as head of the warehouse, walking into the warehouse clutching what appears to be a piece of paper before walking behind a row of containers.

Another clip showed flames flickering on top of a container in the single-storey warehouse, which stores thousands of gallons of oil tanks.

According to officers, the fire which caused 40 million THB (£900,000) worth of damages, spread quickly due to the flammable material in the tanks.

Firefighters had to stop the burning oil from spilling into a canal and reaching a residential area nearby. It, however, took the emergency services four hours to finally bring the raging fire under control.

Although a villager named Sirasini reportedly suffered burns on her arm and was rushed to hospital, she is now out of danger.

Over ten houses were also reportedly damaged in the inferno.

Major General Chomchawin Purthananon said: “This is the second time a fire has started from this factory. The woman has been working for Prapakorn Oil for nine years.

“She said her employer complained to her and caused her stress every day, and she did not expect the fire she started to cause this level of damage.”

Sriya has been remanded in custody while police interviewed the factory owner.