• In Thailand, a nightclub fire killed 13 people and injured 35 others

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    In Thailand, a nightclub fire killed 13 people and injured 35 others

    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.



    mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">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.