1999 December 2nd. Thailand, Laem Chabang, Thai Oil Compamy: a tank farm fire in the refinery 90 miles southeast of Bangkok; 7 people died, 18 were injured, and approximately 4,000 residents had to be evacuated. After an initial explosion that damaged several firefighting vehicles 9 million gallons of oil in 4 tanks went up in flames. It took more than 36 hours to extinguish the blaze with at least 20,000 gallons of foam.