Thursday, January 1, 2009

News 6

New Year inferno at Bangkok nightclub kills 58

The fire injured about 233 and killed 58 at Bangkok nightclub. Relatives and friends gathered at Bangkok hospitals and outside the popular nightspot desperate for news of loved ones lost or injured in the inferno that gutted the two-storey building. Police said a Singaporean national was among the dead and scores of other foreigners some from Australia, France and Japan were hospitalized. The blaze apparently broke out after a firework display at the Santika club, a thronging entertainment hub which is frequented by locals and tourists. The fire started at an area where the bands was playing and there was some pyrotechnics that causes the blaze.

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