AT least 50 people have been injured after twin blasts rocked a Thai coastal town.

The explosions hit a Big C department store in Pattani, Thailand, today.

5 Twin blasts have rocked a department store in Thailand Credit: EPA

5 The blasts hit a department store in Pattani, Thailand Credit: @5_Rescue : Twitter

5 One of the explosions is thought to have been a car bomb Credit: EPA

One explosion is thought to have rocked the department store, while a second went off in the car park.

The second bomb is thought to have detonated as people fled the first explosion.

It is thought to have been a car bomb.

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Suspects parked the vehicle in front of the shopping centre before throwing fireworks into the store and fleeing the scene, Khaosod English reports.

Regional police commander Ronnasilp Phusara said the truck exploded as officers arrived.

“It was a car bomb attack, but we do not have much detail at this point,” he added.

5 Pattani is in Thailand's war-torn deep south Credit: Reuters

5 The first blast went off in a department store and the second in the car park Credit: Getty Images

Tourists are sometimes known to visit the town, despite being situated in the country's war-torn deep south.

The Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to the area.

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