Rescue workers recover the bodies of fire victims outside the burned pub following a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. At least 27 people were killed after a fire engulfed the pub, according to Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
July 12 (UPI) -- An intense fire that ripped through a Bangkok pub early Monday killed at least 27 people and injured nearly 20 others, officials said as an investigation was launched into the cause of the blaze.
Authorities received a report of the fire at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao pub in Bangkok's densely populated Chatuchak district at 12:02 a.m. local time, Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.
"The fire was burning intensely," according to the department, which said responders from various agencies worked to extinguish the blaze and rescue the injured and people trapped inside.
Videos of the bar's entrance posted online show people screaming and running out of the establishment followed by flames erupting from the door.
