A large fire ripped through several in Chonburi province in eastern Thailand on Wednesday, causing almost four million dollars' pounds of damage.

The inferno quickly spread to neighbouring buildings as materials stored in the building, including pallets and paint thinner, were quickly set alight.

More than 40 fire engines arrived at the scene to tackle the fire before it was eventually brought under control in the evening.

Police are now investigating what caused the fire at the company, which employs more than 300 people. They said that nobody was injured in the fire.

According to Chonburi Governor Pakarathorn Thienchai, three warehouses were destroyed and the fourth was damaged.

Dramatic drone footage captures a large fire ripping through several warehouses causing more than four million pounds of damage.

Flames broke out in one of the hardware depots yesterday (02/01) afternoon in Chonburi province in eastern Thailand.

The inferno quickly spread to neighbouring buildings as materials stored in the building - including pallets and paint thinner - quickly set alight.

More than 40 fire engines arrived at the scene to tackle inferno before it was eventually brought under control in the evening.

Police are now investigating what caused the fire at the company which employs more than 300 people. They said that nobody was injured in the fire.

Chonburi Governor Pakarathorn Thienchai said: ''I arrived at the scene while fire crews were fighting the flames with water. They prevented the fire from spreading further.

''Three warehouses were destroyed and a fourth was damaged. The total cost of the damages is at least 150 million bah (3.7million gbp).''