As firefighters managed to put out most of the huge fire at a paper factory in Samut Prakan and continued to contain smouldering piles of debris as of press time, provincial governor Chatchai Uthaipan told officials to start distributing face masks among residents affected by the smoke.

Firefighters continued to tackle a huge fire at a recycled paper factory in Samut Prakan into the early hours of Thursday after flames destroyed three warehouses.