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Two explosions in Kabul have killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. servicemen.

KABUL - Several explosions and gunfights rocked Kabul on Tuesday night as the conflict between the Taliban and Afghan government forces is intensifying elsewhere in the country ahead of the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces this month.

According to the online forum entitled “Looking at the Chemical Factory Explosion in All Dimensions” organized by the Risk and Disaster Management Program (RDM) together with the Safety Center Occupational Health and Environment Chulalongkorn University (SHECU), we honorably invited academics and experts in various fields from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine, Environmental Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University and the Thai Network for Disaster Resilience (TNDR) to share knowledge and experiences in the relevant dimensions related to the explosion and fire at a plastic foam factory in Soi King Kaew 21, Bang Phli Yai Subdistrict, Bang Phli District, Samut Prakan Province.

BAGHDAD - At least 31 Iraqis were killed in Baghdad on Monday, local officials said, when an explosion ripped through a market filled with families doing their shopping ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Adha celebration.

The Somdet Chaophraya Emergency Rescue Unit on Saturday asked the government to pay more attention to firefighting volunteers.

The government should pay more attention to disaster prevention and mitigation, according to Suan Dusit Poll opinion survey on Sunday following last weeks deadly explosion and inferno at a factory in Samut Prakan province.

The Pollution Control Department on Friday declared Soi King Kaew 19 through 25 in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district as a restricted area to facilitate work in eliminating chemical residues after the blast at a foam factory.

With about 600 tonnes of styrene left at the foam factory, the site of a deadly blaze last week in Samut Prakan province, the company tasked with clearing the site says the process will take 5-10 days depending on weather conditions.

The Samut Prakan Lawyers Council aims to pursue legal action against Ming Dih Chemical Co for negligence that caused the explosion at its factory in Bang Phli district on Monday, resulting in one death, injuries, damage to property and possible chemical leftover that may have long-term effects.

The Department of Industrial Works on Tuesday combed through the Ming Dih Chemical factory in Samut Prakan for any leftover hazardous substances after a fiery explosion ripped through the factory early on Monday.

The body of Korasit Roaphan, a 19-year-old volunteer firefighter who died battling a chemical blaze in Samut Prakan on Monday, was taken to Bangkok’s Wat Thung Khru for funeral rites on Tuesday.

The explosion and fire at a chemical factory in Samut Prakan caused one death, 40 injuries and damage to 100 houses nearby, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Tuesday.