Task of identifying victims begins as 23 die in fireworks factory blast

Thai rescue workers carry the body of a victim from the site of an explosion at a fireworks factory in Suphan Buri province (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Rescue workers carried out the grim task on Thursday of recovering the remains of the 23 apparent victims of a fireworks factory explosion in central Thailand.

Only part of the building frame stood at the site of the devastated factory in an otherwise-empty rice field in rural Suphan Buri province the day after the blast.