Thai police say 13 people killed, 35 injured in night club fire

insidetrack IndiaAugust 5, 2022

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Thirteen people have been killed and 35 injured after a fire broke out on Friday at a night club in Thailand’s Chonburi province, southeast of the capital Bangkok, a police official said.
Police Colonel Wuttipong Somjai said telephone that the fire at the Mountain B night club in the Sattahip drict had started at about 1.00 am (1800 GMT Thursday i.e. 11.30 pm ) and that all the victims up to now were Thai nationals.

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