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Death toll from Bangkok bar fire rises to 30 as police probe safety lapses

Death toll from Bangkok bar fire rises to 30 as police probe safety lapses

By GhanaSummary Newsroom

An earlier picture of a band performing on stage at Rong Beer Na Lat PhraoSurvivors have reported doors being locked and the lack of signage demarcating emergency exitsWorsak Kanok Nukulchai, a professor specialising in structural engineering, believes many people would have died by inhaling toxic smoke "even before getting burned".

Thai authorities are investigating whether negligence was what led to the deadly inferno at a Bangkok bar late on Sunday, as survivors reported doors being locked and the lack of signage demarcating emergency exits.

According to PBS Thai, the owner of Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao previously owned another pub in Thailand's Yasothon province, which was also destroyed by fire in December 2019.

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