 Thousands of people on the outskirt of Thailand's capital have been evacuated and five fighters battled blazes for hours after a factory explosion that killed one rescue worker and wounded 29 people. Authorities say rest in Samut Prakhand Province, who live within a five kilometer radius of the factory, owned by a Taiwanese company where being moved away as a precaution. Now local disaster authorities said 70 houses were damaged and fires were still being fought nine hours after the explosion in the early hours of Monday. The cause of the blast had yet to be determined.