Seven people are reportedly missing following the blast (Picture: EPA)

One particular person used to be killed and four injured after an oil tanker exploded at a dockyard in Thailand earlier nowadays.

Firefighters on the deck of the ship have been working to stem the thick black smoke rising from the location, on the Mae Klong river within the coastal Samut Songkhram province.

A Bunch of the people injured have been in properties local which were damaged after the graceful Sea 22 tanker exploded, in line with the Thai marine division.

So Much of those hurt were showed to were from Myanmar.

The Bangkok Occasions mentioned seven other people remain missing after the disaster, the majority of whom are also from Myanmar.

The newspaper quoted provincial governor Somnuk Promkaew who said the blast happened as staff have been welding the send throughout regimen repairs at the Ruammitr Dockyard.

The shockwave from the explosion was reportedly felt for a couple of kilometres across the dockyard, that’s positioned with reference to the mouth of the river at the fringe of the Gulf of Thailand.

Around 20,000 litres of diesel was believed to be on board on the time.

The Massive explosion rocked the encircling area just after 9am on Tuesday (Image: EPA)