Bangkok — Three international nationals together with an American man died and 7 different individuals have been injured by a hearth at a lodge in a well-liked vacationer space of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, metropolis authorities stated Monday. Thailand’s nationwide police stated in a publish on social media {that a} Brazilian lady died on the lodge and two males, an American and a Ukrainian, have been pronounced useless at a neighborhood hospital.
The reason for the Sunday night time blaze on the Ember Lodge close to Khao San Street, an space well-liked with backpackers and finances vacationers, was nonetheless beneath investigation.
A State Division spokesperson in Washington confirmed the demise of a U.S. citizen in Bangkok to CBS Information on Monday and provided the U.S. authorities’s condolences to the household, however declined to offer any additional info citing privateness issues.
5 different foreigners and two Thai nationals have 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 lodge inside 5 minutes of being alerted and rescued some 75 individuals with three cranes. Sittipunt ordered the lodge’s closure and investigations into the alarm system.
In July a hearth broke out in Khao San Street’s busy Chinatown district, main municipal authorities to deploy 40 fireplace engines to combat the blaze.
A month earlier a hearth ripped by 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 inns.
The dominion expects 1.5 million international vacationers over the brand new yr interval, authorities spokesman Jirayu Houngsub informed native media, because the capital prepares a fireworks show Tuesday night time.
Municipal authorities stated Monday they might “stand by for readiness” forward of the celebrations.
