Local television footage showed people fleeing the club and emergency personnel putting out flames and searching the burned-out premises, which had shoes and bottles strewn about.
Digital Desk: According to a police official, at least 13
people were killed and 35 were injured when a fire broke out at a nightclub in
Thailand's eastern Chonburi province early Friday.
The
fire started around 1 a.m. local time at the Mountain B nightclub, about 180
kilometres southeast of Bangkok, said Wuttipong Somjai, a superintendent at a
local police station, by phone.
Local
television footage showed people fleeing the club and emergency personnel
putting out flames and searching the burned-out premises, which had shoes and
bottles strewn about.
Prime
Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has assured victims' families that authorities will
assist them, and he has urged entertainment venues across the country to
install proper emergency exits and safety measures.
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