Bangkok — Three international nationals together with an American man died and 7 different individuals had been injured by a fireplace at a resort in a preferred vacationer space of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, metropolis authorities stated Monday. Thailand’s nationwide police stated in a post on social media {that a} Brazilian lady died on the resort and two males, an American and a Ukrainian, had been pronounced lifeless at a neighborhood hospital.
The reason for the Sunday evening blaze on the Ember Resort close to Khao San Street, an space well-liked with backpackers and finances vacationers, was nonetheless underneath investigation.
A State Division spokesperson in Washington confirmed the demise of a U.S. citizen in Bangkok to CBS Information on Monday and supplied the U.S. authorities’s condolences to the household, however declined to supply any additional info citing privateness concerns.
5 different foreigners and two Thai nationals had been injured, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration stated Monday.
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Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt stated firefighters reached the scene of the six-story resort inside 5 minutes of being alerted and rescued some 75 individuals with three cranes. Sittipunt ordered the resort’s closure and investigations into the alarm system.
In July a fireplace broke out in Khao San Street’s busy Chinatown district, main municipal authorities to deploy 40 hearth engines to battle the blaze.
A month earlier a fireplace ripped by means of pet retailers close to Bangkok’s famed Chatuchak market, killing many caged animals and destroying stalls.
Issues have lengthy been raised about Thailand’s lax strategy to well being and security rules, significantly in its numerous bars and accommodations.
The dominion expects 1.5 million international vacationers over the brand new yr interval, authorities spokesman Jirayu Houngsub instructed native media, because the capital prepares a fireworks show Tuesday evening.
Municipal authorities stated Monday they might “stand by for readiness” forward of the celebrations.
