Emergency services rushed to a bar in Bangkok, Thailand with a massive fire ripping through the building and dozens of people have been killed in the tragedy
Dozens of people have been killed after a massive fire ripped through a bar in Thailand.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in the Chatuchak District of Bangkok after it received reports of the fire at around midnight and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at the scene that 27 bodies have been recovered.
The bar has been named locally as the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao which was one of the most popular venues in the area.
Images show first responders as a huge blaze raged out of the front door of the bar in the northern part of Bangkok as people tried to flee, with thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
Firefighters took about half an hour to bring the fire under control, officials said. Photos of the aftermath show charred tables and chairs, and the damaged interior of the bar.
Emergency services arrived to find one person with burn injuries before realising the extent of the tragedy with many more people having reportedly been trapped inside.
Thailand has seen similar tragedies in the past. In 2022, 14 people were killed by a fire at a music bar in the eastern part of the country.
And more than a decade before that, 66 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a fire during a Jan. 1, 2009 New Year’s Eve celebration at the Santika nightclub in Thailand’s capital. That blaze was apparently sparked by an indoor fireworks display.
