At least 27 dead in Bangkok bar fire
- BANGKOK: An explosive fire at a popular bar in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, the country's prime minister and other officials said on Monday (Jul 13), in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years.
- An AFP journalist saw several black body bags on the ground outside the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant early Monday morning, while dozens of emergency service workers thronged the scene.
- Numbered bodies lay in two rows awaiting removal, surrounded by a large number of rescue workers.
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- BANGKOK: An explosive fire at a popular bar in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, the country's prime minister and other officials said on Monday (Jul 13), in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years.
- An AFP journalist saw several black body bags on the ground outside the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant early Monday morning, while dozens of emergency service workers thronged the scene.
- Numbered bodies lay in two rows awaiting removal, surrounded by a large number of rescue workers.
Sources: CNA