Firefighters in Bangkok are putting out the flames at a warehouse where officials say workers tried cutting open a suspected World War II bomb with a blow torch.<br/> <br />The attempt by the scrap metal workers caused an explosion, killing at least seven and injuring 19.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) PRESIDENT OF WAT SAI COMMUNITY, NUTTANAN PANTHONG, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The construction workers were urging the warehouse to cut the bomb into pieces which caused the explosion. They wanted the money."<br/> <br />Officials found pools of blood and body parts scattered on the floor of the warehouse with charred twisted metal laid everywhere.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL SUPERINTENDENT, POLICE COLONEL KAMTHORN UICHAROEN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We believe the bomb dates back to the Second World War and weighed about 227 kilograms. As they probably didn't know what to do, they used a gas-torch to try to cut open the bomb."<br/> <br />Allied bombing raids on Bangkok began in 1942.<br/> <br />Japan was using
