MASSIVE chemical explosion kills one and injures five in suburban home in Thailand

Chemical mega explosion kills one and injures five in suburban home in Thailand
This is the dramatic moment a chemical 'mega explosion' erupted killing one and injuring five in a suburban home in Thailand.

Shocking CCTV footage shows the powerful blast ripping through the house in the Bang Yai district of Nonthaburi province just north of the capital Bangkok on Sunday afternoon.

Several more explosions followed, showering the neighbourhood street in burning sparks, from the shed where chemicals for welding copper were being mixed.

Police officers and fire crews arrived at the two-storey home to find the smouldering wreckage strewn across the street.

Worker Prasom Pholah, 49, who was in charge of mixing the volatile compounds, was found dead at the scene, while three men and one woman were rushed to the Bang Yai Hospital after inhaling the fumes. Another person suffered minor injuries and declined to be hospitalised.

At least five other houses in the area had been damaged by the explosion.