1990 Bangkok gas explosion

{{Short description|Gas explosion from crashed tanker truck}}

{{Infobox event

| date = 24 September 1990

| location = Bangkok, Thailand

| type = Explosion

| reported deaths = 88

| reported injuries = 36

}}

The gas explosion on New Phetchaburi Road in Bangkok was a major disaster in Thailand. It took place on 24 September 1990, when a liquid petroleum gas tanker truck crashed on the expressway exit at New Phetchaburi Road, causing large explosions and fires that burned through 51 shop-houses for over 24 hours. 88 people died, 36 were injured and 67 cars were destroyed, making it one of the deadliest man-made disasters in Thailand.{{cite web|title=รถก๊าซระเบิด : ถนนเพชรบุรี|publisher=Relief and Community Health Bureau, Thai Red Cross Society|url=http://www.rtrc.in.th/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=303|accessdate=8 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208175952/http://www.rtrc.in.th/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=303|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|date=1994-08-15|title=คำพิพากษาศาลฎีกาที่ 3446/2537 |trans-title=Supreme Court Judgment 3446/2537 (on criminal case of this incident)|url=http://www.library.coj.go.th/history/data/2537_3446.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312104820/http://www.library.coj.go.th/history/data/2537_3446.pdf|archive-date=2011-03-12|access-date=2012-03-26|publisher=ศูนย์วิทยบริการศาลยุติธรรม|pages=9–10}}

A 2002 horror film, The Eye, based its climactic scene on this incident.{{cite book |last=Ancuta |first=Katarzyna |date=2016 |chapter=That’s the Spirit!: Horror Films as an Extension of Thai Supernaturalism |title=Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Narratives, Cultural Contexts, Audiences |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NC7ODAAAQBAJ |publisher=BRILL |page=127 |isbn=9789004323643 |quote=...turned to the infamous 1990 LPG tanker explosion on New Petchabure Rd. in Bangkok for inspiration.}}